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SIGNATURE CARI LEVINE
TITLE ASSISTANT SECRETARY
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[PERIOD-TYPE] 12-MOS
[FISCAL-YEAR-END] OCT-31-1997
[PERIOD-END] OCT-31-1997
[INVESTMENTS-AT-COST] 204,040,968
[INVESTMENTS-AT-VALUE] 252,251,349
[RECEIVABLES] 3,773,335
[ASSETS-OTHER] 353,772
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[TOTAL-LIABILITIES] 1,060,396
[SENIOR-EQUITY] 0
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[OVERDISTRIBUTION-GAINS] 0
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To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of
First Eagle Fund of America, Inc.:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of First Eagle
Fund of America, Inc. (the "Fund") for the year ended October 31, 1997, we
considered its internal control structure, including procedures for safeguarding
securities, in order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of
expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the
requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide assurance on the internal control
structure.
The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining an
internal control structure. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and
judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related
costs of internal control structure policies and procedures. Two of the
objectives of an internal control structure are: (1) to provide management with
reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that assets are safeguarded against loss
from unauthorized use or disposition; and (2) that transactions are executed in
accordance with management's authorization and recorded properly in order to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles.
Because of inherent limitations in any internal control structure, errors or
irregularities may occur and not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation
of the structure to future periods is subject to the risk that it may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the effectiveness of the
design and operation may deteriorate.
Our consideration of the internal control structure would not necessarily
disclose all matters in the internal control structure that might be material
weaknesses under standards established by the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants. A material weakness is a condition in which the design or
operation of the specific internal control structure elements does not reduce,
to a relatively low level, the risk that errors or irregularities, in amounts
that would be material in relation to the financial statements being audited,
may occur and not be detected within a timely period by employees in the normal
course of performing their assigned functions. However, we noted no matters
involving the internal control structure, including procedures for safeguarding
securities, which we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of
October 31, 1997.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
December 8, 1997
