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SIGNATURE DARLENE F. REGO
TITLE TREASURER
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS [LOGO]
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
160 Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110
Telephone (617) 439 4390
February 17, 2000
To the Shareholders and Trustees of
Freedom Cash Management Fund
Freedom Government Securities Fund
Freedom Tax Exempt Money Fund
Freedom California Tax Exempt Money Fund
In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of Freedom
Cash Management Fund, Freedom Government Securities Fund, Freedom Tax Exempt
Money Fund and Freedom California Tax Exempt Money Fund (the "Funds") for the
year ended December 31, 1999, we considered their 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, not to provide
assurance on internal control.
The management of the Funds 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
control activities. 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 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 their design and operation
may deteriorate.
Our consideration of 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 misstatements caused by error 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
internal control and its operation, including controls for safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of
December 31, 1999.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of the Trustees of
the Funds, management and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not
intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified
parties.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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