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To the Shareholders and
Trustees of Vanguard International Equity Index Funds
In planning and performing our audit of the financial
statements of Vanguard International Equity Index Funds
(the "Fund") for the year ended December 31, 1999, we
considered its 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 internal control.
The management of the Fund 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 fraud 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 internal control would not
necessarily disclose all matters in 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 misstatements caused by error or fraud 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 internal control and its
operation, including controls for safeguarding securities,
that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined
above as of December 31, 1999.
This report is intended solely for the information and use
of management and the Board of Trustees of the Fund and
the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not
intended to be and should not be used by anyone other
than these specified parties.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
February 9, 2000
