FIDELITY (LOGO) INVESTMENTS(registered trademark) FMR Corp.
82 Devonshire Street
Boston MA 02109-3614
617 563 7000
April 23, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Michael Shaffer
RE: Fidelity Fixed-Income Trust (the trust):
Spartan Short-Intermediate Government Fund
Spartan Government Income Fund (the funds)
File No. 2-41839 and 811-2105
Post-Effective Amendment No. 76
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 8b-16 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, Regulation S-T and Rule 485(a) under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, transmitted herewith on behalf of the trust is Post Effective
Amendment No. 76 to the trust's current effective Registration Statement on
Form N-1A. This transmission contains a conformed signature page, the
manually signed original of which, executed pursuant to Powers of Attorney
dated December 15, 1994, is maintained at the offices of the trust.
This filing contains the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information
for Spartan Short-Intermediate Government Fund and Spartan Government
Income Fund. The documents have been tagged to indicate modifications and
editorial changes made since the last definitive filing. The funds may be
marketed through banks, savings and loan associations, or credit unions.
This filing serves to update certain disclosure, incorporate supplements to
the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information. Principal changes
include: the elimination of Spartan Short-Intermediate Government's policy
of investing at least 65% of its total assets in U.S. government securities
whose principal and interest payments are backed by the full faith and
credit of the U.S. government. The fund will now observe a policy of
investing in government and government agency securities.
Pursuant to Rule 485(a), the trust elects an effective date of June 24,
1996. We request your comments by May 21, 1996.
Please contact the undersigned at (617) 563-5907 in connection with any
questions or comments regarding this filing.
Sincerely,
/s/Diana L. Kaschub
Diana L. Kaschub
Legal Department
