LORD ABBETT U S GOVERNMENT SECURITIES MONEY MARKET FUND INC
NSAR-B, 1998-09-01
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SIGNATURE   JOSEPH VAN DYKE
TITLE       ASSISTANT TREASURER

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

To the Board of Directors,
Lord Abbett U.S. Government Securities Fund, Inc.:

In planning and performing our audit of the financial  statements of Lord Abbett
U.S.  Government  Securities  Fund Money Market Fund,  Inc. (the "Fund") for the
year ended  June 30,  1998 (on which we have  issued  our report  dated July 31,
1998),  we considered its internal  control,  including  control  activities for
safeguarding  securities,  in order to determine our auditing procedures for the
purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with
the  requirements  of Form  N-SAR,  and not to provide  assurance  on the Fund's
internal control.

The  management of the Fund is  responsible  for  establishing  and  maintaining
internal control. In fulfilling this responsibility,  estimates and judgments by
management  are  required to assess the expected  benefits and related  costs of
controls.  Generally,  controls  that are  relevant  to an audit  pertain to the
entity's objective of preparing financial  statements for external purposes that
are  fairly   presented  in  conformity  with  generally   accepted   accounting
principles.   Those  controls   include  the   safeguarding  of  assets  against
unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition.

Because of inherent  limitations  in any internal  control,  errors or fraud may
occur and not be  detected.  Also,  projection  of any  evaluation  of  internal
control to future  periods is subject to the risk that it may become  inadequate
because of changes in  conditions  or that the  effectiveness  of the design and
operation may deteriorate.

Our consideration of the Fund's internal control would not necessarily  disclose
all  matters  in  internal  control  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 one or
more of the internal  control  components  does not reduce to a  relatively  low
level the risk  that  errors  or fraud 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 Fund's internal
control and its operation,  including controls for safeguarding securities, that
we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of June 30, 1998.

This report is intended solely for the  information  and use of management,  the
Board of Directors of Lord Abbett U.S. Government  Securities Money Market Fund,
Inc. and the Securities and Exchange Commission.




July 31, 1998




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