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<PAGE> PAGE 2
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<PAGE> PAGE 3
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<PAGE> PAGE 4
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<PAGE> PAGE 5
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<PAGE> PAGE 6
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<PAGE> PAGE 7
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SIGNATURE JOHN MILLETTE
TITLE VICE PRESIDENT
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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the Classic
Growth Fund (Composite) Annual Report for the fiscal year ended 8/31/1999 and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
<SERIES>
<NUMBER> 33
<NAME> Classic Growth Fund (Class C)
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<TABLE> <S> <C>
<ARTICLE> 6
<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the Classic
Growth Fund (Composite) Annual Report for the fiscal year ended 8/31/1999 and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
<SERIES>
<NUMBER> 34
<NAME> Classic Growth Fund (Scudder Shares)
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<OVERDISTRIBUTION-NII> 0
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<DISTRIBUTIONS-OTHER> 0
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Board of Trustees of Investment Trust:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements and financial
highlights (hereinafter referred to as "financial statements") of Classic Growth
Fund, a series of Investment Trust, for the year ended August 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 Classic Growth 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, error 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
August 31, 1999.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management, the
Trustees of Investment Trust and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
October 20, 1999
