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200 Clarendon Street
Boston
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Evergreen Investment Services
2500 Westchester Avenue
Purchase, NY 10577-2555
Dear George:
This is to confirm that the client-auditor relationship between the
following Evergreen Fund and Ernst & Young LLP has ceased:
- Evergreen Total Return Fund
(Commission File Number 2-61391)
Very truly yours,
Ernst & Young LLP
cc: Letter on File
