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Prudential National Municipals Fund, Inc.
One Seaport Plaza
New York, New York 10292
March 5, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Prudential National Municipals Fund, Inc. (the "Fund")
(File No. 2-66407)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to subparagraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of
1933 (the "1933 Act"), the Fund hereby certifies (i) that its Prospectus
and Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed pursuant
to Rule 497(c) would not have differed from the Prospectus and Statement
of Additional Information contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 24
and (ii) that the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 was filed
electronically on February 28, 1996.
Prudential National Municipals Fund, Inc.
By:/s/Ronald Amblard
Ronald Amblard
Assistant Secretary
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