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MERRILL LYNCH RETIREMENT RESERVES MONEY FUND
OF MERRILL LYNCH RETIREMENT SERIES TRUST
March 3, 1995
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: Merrill Lynch Retirement Reserves Money Fund
of Merrill Lynch Retirement Series Trust
Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No. 2-74584;
Investment Company Act File No. 811-3310)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch Retirement Reserves Money Fund of Merrill Lynch
Retirement Series Trust (the "Fund") hereby certifies that:
(1) the form of prospectus that would have been filed pursuant to Rule
497(c) under the 1933 Act would not have differed from that contained
in Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to the Fund's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A, constituting the most recent amendment to the
Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-1A; and
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to the Fund's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on February 24, 1995.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH RETIREMENT
RESERVES MONEY FUND OF
MERRILL LYNCH RETIREMENT
SERIES TRUST
By: /s/ Mark B. Goldfus
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Mark B. Goldfus
Secretary
