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Form N-23C-1
Report for Calendar month Ending November 30, 2000
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Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc.
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Approximate asset value
Number of or approximate asset Name of
Date of each Identification of shares Price per coverage per share at Seller or of
transaction each security purchased share time of purchase Sellers Broker
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Swiss Helvetia
Fund-(Cusip-
11/22/00 870875101) 3,300 13.9564 17.47 NYSE
Total 3,300
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