[letterhead of
State Street Research & Management Company
One Financial Center
Boston, Massachusetts 02111]
VIA EDGAR
April 7, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
Filing Desk
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: State Street Research Equity Trust
Securities Act of 1933 Registration No. 33-4296
Investment Company Act of 1940 File No. 811-4624
CIK 00000790941
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of State Street Research Equity Trust (the "Registrant") and pursuant
to Rule 497(e) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act") and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as
the same have been modified by Regulation S-T, we hereby file a statement to
note for the record that a prospectus is in use which is a Chinese translation
of the English language State Street Research Alpha Fund prospectus filed
electronically on January 21, 1998 (EDGAR accession number
0000950146-98-000111).
Pursuant to Rule 306 of Regulation S-T, the Registrant represents that the
English language State Street Research Alpha Fund prospectus filed
electronically on January 21, 1998 is a fair and accurate translation of the
Chinese version now in use.
If you have any questions with respect to the enclosed or if there is any way in
which we may be of assistance, please do not hesitate to telephone the
undersigned at (617) 357-1371.
STATE STREET RESEARCH
EQUITY TRUST
By: /s/ Amy L. Simmons
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Amy L. Simmons
Assistant Secretary
cc: John Hunt, Esq.
Geoffrey R.T. Kenyon, Esq.
Evelyn M. Talmo
Goodwin, Procter & Hoar LLP
Darman A. Wing, Esq.
State Street Research & Management Company
