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MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND
October 3, 1994
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, DC 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: Merrill Lynch International Equity Fund
Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No. 33-44917
Investment Company Act File No. 811-6521)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch International Equity Fund (the "Fund") hereby
certifies that:
(1) the form of prospectus and statement of additional information
that would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the 1933
Act would not have differed from that contained in Post-Effective
Amendment No. 2 under the 1933 Act (the "Amendment") to the
Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (the "Registration
Statement"), constituting the most recent amendment to the
Registration Statement; and
(2) the text of the Amendment to the Registration Statement was filed
electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 29, 1994.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL
EQUITY FUND
By: /s/ Robert E. Putney, III
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Robert E. Putney, III
Assistant Secretary
