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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Trustees of Scudder California Tax Free Trust and
the Shareholders of Scudder California Tax Free Fund and
Scudder California Tax Free Money Fund:
In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements and
financial highlights of Scudder California Tax Free Fund and Scudder California
Tax Free Money Fund (the "Funds") for the year ended March 31, 1995, we
considered the Funds' internal control structures, including procedures for
safeguarding securities, in order to determine our auditing procedures for the
purpose of expressing our opinions on the Funds' financial statements and
financial highlights and to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, not to
provide assurance on the internal control structure.
Fund management is responsible for establishing and maintaining each
Fund's internal control structure. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates
and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and
related costs of internal control structure policies and procedures. Two of the
objectives of an internal control structure are to provide management with
reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that assets are safeguarded against loss
from unauthorized use or disposition and that transactions are executed in
accordance with management's authorization and recorded properly to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles.
Because of inherent limitations in any internal control structure,
errors or irregularities may occur and not be detected. Also, projection of any
evaluation of the structure to future periods is subject to the risk that it may
become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the effectiveness of
the design and operations may deteriorate.
Our consideration of the Funds' internal control structures would not
necessarily disclose all matters in the internal control structures 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 the specific internal control structure elements does not
reduce to a relatively low level the risk that errors or irregularities in
amounts that would be material in relation to the financial statements and
financial highlights 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 Funds' internal control structures,
including procedures for safeguarding securities, that we consider to be
material weaknesses, as defined above, as of March 31, 1995.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management
of Scudder California Tax Free Fund, Scudder California Tax Free Money Fund, and
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
Boston, Massachusetts COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
May 10, 1995
