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LIBERTY
COLONIAL * CRABBE HUSON * NEWPORT * STEIN ROE
November 12, 1999
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Liberty Funds Trust VII (formerly Colonial Trust VII) (the "Trust")
Newport Europe Fund
File Nos. 811-6347 & 33-41559
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, please accept this letter as certification that the Prospectuses and
Statement of Additional Information dated November 8, 1999 for the Fund does not
differ from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 (the "Amendment")
to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A. The Amendment was filed
electronically on November 12, 1999.
Very truly yours,
LIBERTY FUNDS TRUST VII
By:Suzan M. Barron
Assistant Secretary
cc: M. Muller
S. Real (E&Y)
D. Young (2)
J. Sinclair
J. Terrazino (Stein Roe)
Blue Sky
M. Ellis (Newport)
J. Carlson (Newport)
C. Roberts (Newport)
M. Azrialy
One Financial Center, Boston, MA 02111-2621, 1-800-225-2365
