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COMMAND Tax-Free Fund
100 Mulberry Street
Gateway Center Three, 9th Floor
Newark, New Jersey 07102-4077
October 14, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: COMMAND Tax-Free Fund
Registration Nos. 2-73900 and 811-3252
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to subparagraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act
of 1933, the Fund hereby certifies (1) that the form of Prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed pursuant to
Rule 497(c) would not have differed from that contained in Post-Effective
Amendment No. 21 to the Fund's registration statement, and (2) that the text
of Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Fund's registration statement
was filed electronically via the EDGAR system on October 13, 1999.
Sincerely,
/s/ Robert C. Rosselot
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Robert C. Rosselot
Secretary
