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April 4, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
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Re: General Securities, Incorporated - SEC File Nos. 2-77092 and
811-594 Certification regarding Prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information pursuant to Rule 497(j)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of General Securities, Incorporated (the "Company"), in
connection with the registration of the Company as an open-end management
investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"1940 Act"), and the registration of the Company's common shares under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), the Company hereby
certifies, pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the 1933 Act, that the form of the
Funds' Prospectus dated March 31, 2000 and Statement of Additional Information
dated March 31, 2000 would not have differed from that contained in the most
recent Post-Effective Amendment to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
N-1A, which was filed electronically on March 31, 2000.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Mark M. Strefling
Mark M. Strefling
