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SIGNATURE JULIE F. WILLIAMS
TITLE SECRETARY
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
To the Board of Directors of Fundamental Investors, Inc.:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial
statements of Fundamental Investors, Inc. (the "Fund") for the
year ended December 31, 1999 (on which we have issued our
report dated January 28, 2000), we considered its 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,
and not to provide assurance on the Fund's internal control.
The management of the Fund 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
controls. 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 any internal control,
misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be
detected. Also, projections of any evaluation of internal
control to future periods are subject to the risk that the
internal control may become inadequate because of changes in
conditions, or that the degree of compliance with policies or
procedures may deteriorate.
Our consideration of the Fund's internal control would not
necessarily disclose all matters in the 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 the Fund's 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
management, the Board of Directors of Fundamental Investors,
Inc., and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not
intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than
these specified parties.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Los Angeles, California
January 28, 2000
WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.
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