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Central and South West Corporation
1616 Woodall Rodgers Freeway
P.O. Box 660164
Dallas, Texas 75266-0164
February 20, 1995
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: William C. Weeden
Associate Director
Re: Central and South West Corporation
Declaration on Form U-1
(File No. 70-8517)
Dear Mr. Weeden:
Central and South West Corporation hereby withdraws in
its entirety the correspondence letter addressed to Mr. Robert P.
Wason, Chief Financial Analyst, Office of Public Utility
Regulation, filed on Friday, February 17, 1995 following the
Amendment No. 1 to the above captioned Form U-1 Declaration,
relating to the restructuring of CSW's business and
centralization of certain service and management functions in
CSWS. A new letter will be resubmitted following this withdrawal
notification.
Sincerely,
/s/ STEPHEN J. MCDONNELL
Stephen J. McDonnell
Treasurer
cc: Rod Howard - MTH&M
Shirley Briones - CPL
Stuart Solomon - CSW