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EXHIBIT 23.3
[Letterhead of LINDQUIST & VENNUM P.L.L.P.]
August 21, 2000
Board of Directors
Wells Fargo & Company
420 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94163
Re: Form S-4 Registration Statement
Wells Fargo & Company/Buffalo National Bancshares, Inc.
Dear Directors:
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and
Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Form S-4 Registration Statement of
Wells Fargo & Company related to the acquisition of Buffalo National Bancshares,
Inc. and to the references to us under the caption "The Merger--U.S. Federal
Income Tax consequences of the merger" and elsewhere in the Proxy
Statement--Prospectus.
Very truly yours,
LINDQUIST & VENNUM P.L.L.P.
By: /s/ J. Kevin Costley
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J. Kevin Costley, Partner
