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[LETTERHEAD OF DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP]
December 11, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Green Tree Lease Finance 1997-1, LLC
Current Report on Form 8-K
Lease-Backed Notes
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We hereby request that the Form 8-K filed as of 8:00 AM, December 11,
1998, Accession number: 0001045969-98-000874 be withdrawn. It was incorrectly
filed under the EDGAR codes of Green Tree Lease Finance II, Inc. and Green Tree
Lease Finance 1998-1, LLC. The Form 8-K will be re-submitted via EDGAR later
today using the EDGAR codes of Green Tree Lease Finance 1997-1, LLC, as the
Issuer.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Charles F. Sawyer
Charles F. Sawyer
Enclosure
cc: Joel H. Gottesman, Esq.
Siegfried P. Knopf, Esq.
