[letterhead of State Street Research]
March 5, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, DC 20549
Re: State Street Research Financial Trust
Securities Act of 1933 File No. 33-10327
Investment Company Act of 1940 File No. 811-4911
CIK 806390
Dear Sir or Madam:
The undersigned, STATE STREET RESEARCH FINANCIAL TRUST, a Massachusetts
business trust (the "Registrant"), does hereby certify as follows:
(1) That the forms of prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information
that would have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), would not
have differed from that contained in the recent amendment to the
registration statement of the Registrant (Post-Effective Amendment No.
16 under the Securities Act; Amendment No. 17 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940) for the State Street Research Government Income
Fund series of the Registrant, the State Street Research Strategic
Portfolios: Conservative series of the Registrant, the State Street
Research Strategic Portfolios: Moderate series of the Registrant, and
the State Street Research Strategic Portfolios: Aggressive series of
the Registrant; and
(2) That the text of the recent amendment to the Registrant's registration
statement has been filed electronically (EDGAR accession number
0000950146-97-000251).
STATE STREET RESEARCH
FINANCIAL TRUST
By:/s/ Darman A. Wing
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Darman A. Wing
Assistant Secretary
