[LOGO] LIBERTY
COLONIAL CRABBE HUSON NEWPORT STEIN ROE ADVISOR
January 7, 2000
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Liberty Funds Trust II (Trust)
Colonial Intermediate U.S. Government Fund
Colonial Short Duration U.S. Government Fund (Funds)
File Nos. 811-3009 & 2-66976
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, please accept this letter as certification that the Prospectuses and
Statement of Additional Information dated January 1, 2000 for the Funds do not
differ from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 44 (Amendment) to the
Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A. The Amendment was filed
electronically on December 22, 1999.
The Funds' Class A, B, C and Z Prospectuses and Statement of Additional
Information dated January 1, 2000, are now being used in connection with the
public offering and sale of shares of the Funds.
The Funds are separate portfolios of the Trust.
Very truly yours,
LIBERTY FUNDS TRUST II
Tracy S. DiRienzo
Assistant Secretary
cc: M. Muller (Ropes & Gray)(5)
J. DiMaria (PWC)
Blue Sky
L. Finnemore
A. Peterson
L. DiSilva
D. Young(2)
One Financial Center, Boston, MA 02111-2621, 1-800-225-2365
