April 28, 1997
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. 28 under the
Securities Act to the Registration Statement on
Form N-1A (File Nos. 2-56978 and 811-2661)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch Pacific Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") hereby
certifies that:
(1) the form of prospectus and statement of additional information
that would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the
1933 Act would not have differed from that contained in Post-
Effective Amendment No. 28 to the Fund's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A, constituting the most recent amendment
to the Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-1A; and
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the Fund's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 25, 1997.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH PACIFIC FUND,INC.
By: /s/ Robert Harris
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Robert Harris
Authorized Officer
