April 18, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004
Attn: Document Control -EDGAR
Ms. Patsy Mengiste
RE: IDS Certificate Company (IDSC)
American Express Equity Indexed Savings Certificates
Dear Ms. Mengiste:
Registrant respectfully requests that you withdraw the S-1 Initial Registration
Statement filing for American Express Equity Indexed Savings Certificates,
accession number 0000820027-00-000296 filed and accepted on April 11, 2000. The
file number was incorrect.
If you have any questions or comments concerning this withdrawal request,
please call me at (612) 671-2221, or Terry Vestermark at (612) 678-2132.
Sincerely,
/s/ Bruce Kohn
Bruce Kohn
Vice President and General Counsel
IDS Certificate Company
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