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SIGNATURE CHAD L. NORTON
TITLE SECRETARY
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc.:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial
statements of SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc. (the "fund") for the
year ended September 30, 1997, we considered its internal
control, including controls over 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 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
irregularities may occur and may 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 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 any specific
internal control component 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, including controls over safeguarding securities, that
we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of
September 30, 1997.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
October 29, 1997
Los Angeles, California
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