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SIGNATURE JULIE F. WILLIAMS
TITLE SECRETARY
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
The Bond Fund of America, Inc.:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of The Bond
Fund of America, Inc. (the "Fund") for the year ended December 31, 1995, we
considered its internal control structure, including procedures for safeguarding
securities, in order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of
expressing an opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the
requirements of Form N-SAR, and not to provide assurance on the internal control
structure.
The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining an
internal control structure. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and
judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related
costs of internal control structure policies and procedures. Two of the
objectives of an internal control structure are to provide management with
reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that assets are safeguarded against loss
from unauthorized use or disposition and that transactions are executed in
accordance with management's authorization and recorded properly to permit the
preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles.
Because of inherent limitations in any internal control structure, errors or
irregularities may nevertheless occur and not be detected. Also, projection of
any evaluation of the structure to future periods is subject to the risk that
procedures may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the
effectiveness of the design and operation of policies and procedures may
deteriorate.
Our consideration of the internal control structure would not necessarily
disclose all matters in the internal control structure that might be material
weaknesses under standards established by the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants. A material weakness is a condition in which the design or
operation of the specific internal control structure elements does not reduce to
a relatively low level the risk that errors or irregularities in amounts that
would be material in relation to the financial statements being audited may
occur and not be detected within a timely period by employees in the normal
course of performing their assigned functions. However, we noted no matters
involving the internal control structure, including procedures for safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of
December 31, 1995.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of the management and
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Deloitte & Touche LLP
January 26, 1996
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