Merrill Lynch Global Bond Fund for Investment and Retirement
April 29, 1997
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: Merrill Lynch Global Bond Fund for
Investment and Retirement
Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to
the Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(File Nos. 33-6091 and 811-4684)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch Global Bond Fund for Investment and
Retirement (the "Fund") hereby certifies that:
(1) the form of prospectus and statement of additional information that
would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the 1933 Act
would not have differed from that contained in Post-Effective
Amendment No. 15 to the Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-1A,
constituting the most recent amendment to the Fund's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A; and
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to the Fund's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 1997.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH GLOBAL BOND FUND
FOR INVESTMENT AND RETIREMENT
By: /s/ Gerald M. Richard
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Gerald M. Richard
Treasurer
