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SIGNATURE   PHILIP W. PASCOE
TITLE       CHAIRMAN

           INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT ON INTERNAL ACCOUNTING CONTROL

     The Board of Trustees and Shareholders
     Clearwater Investment Trust:

     In  planning  and  performing  our audits of the  financial  statements  of
     Clearwater  Growth  Fund  and  Clearwater  Small  Cap  Fund  (funds  within
     Clearwater Investment Trust) for the December 31, 1999, we considered their
     internal control, including control activities 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.

     The  management  of  Clearwater   Management   Trust  is  responsible   for
     establishing  and  maintaining   internal   control.   In  fulfilling  this
     responsibility,  estimates  and  judgments  by  management  are required to
     assess the  expected  benefits and related  costs of  controls.  Generally,
     controls that are relevant to an audit pertain to the entity's objective of
     preparing  financial  statements  for  external  purposes  that are  fairly
     presented in conformity  with  generally  accepted  accounting  principles.
     Those controls  include the  safeguarding  of assets  against  unauthorized
     acquisition, use, or disposition.

     Because  of   inherent   limitations   in  internal   control,   errors  or
     irregularities  may  occur and not be  detected.  Also,  projection  of any
     evaluation  of  internal  control 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 would not necessarily  disclose
     all matters in the internal control 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 one or more of the internal control components 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  and  its  operation,
     including  controls for safeguarding  securities,  that we consider to be a
     material weakness as defined above.

     This report is intended  solely for the  information and use of management,
     the Board of Trustees,  and the Securities  and Exchange  Commission and is
     not  intended  to be and  should  not be used by anyone  other  than  these
     specified parties.

     KPMG LLP

     Minneapolis, Minnesota
     February 11, 2000

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