ROPES & GRAY
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July 2, 1997
BY EDGAR
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: GMO Trust (formerly GMO Core Trust)
(the "Trust") File Nos. 2-98772 and 811-4347- Filing pursuant to Rule 497(j)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of the Trust, and pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), and Rule 497(j) thereunder, we hereby represent
that the forms of Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for the
Pelican Fund, one of thirty-two series of the Trust, that would have filed
pursuant to the requirements of Rule 497(c) under the Securities Act would not
have differed from those contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 38 to the
Trust's Registration Statement under the Securities Act and Post-Effective
Amendment No. 40 to the Trust's Registration Statement under the Investment
Company Act of 1940 ("Post-Effective Amendment No. 38/40"), as filed
electronically with the Commission on June 27, 1997. Post-Effective Amendment
No. 38/40 became effective on June 28, 1997.
Please direct any questions or comments on the enclosed materials to
the undersigned at (617) 951-7439. Thank you.
Very truly yours,
/S/ THOMAS R. HILLER
Thomas R. Hiller
TRH:3223201.01
cc: Alison E. Baur, Esq., Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC
J.B. Kittredge, Esq.
