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BROWN & WOOD
One World Trade Center
New York, NY 10048
May 3, 1994
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: Merrill Lynch Pacific Fund, Inc.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No. 2-56978;
Investment Company Act File No. 811-2661)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Please disregard the 497(j) electronic filing made on behalf of Merrill
Lynch Global Bond Fund for Investment and Retirement, accession number
0000905148-94-000079, which was accepted on May 3, 1994 at 11:07. This
filing was inadvertently misdirected to the file for Merrill Lynch Pacific
Fund, Inc.
Please feel free to contact the undersigned at (212) 839-8541 or Keith
A. Weller of this firm at (212) 839-5428 to discuss any aspect of this
matter. Thank you for your assistance.
Sincerely,
/s/ Edward L. Napoli
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Edward L. Napoli
