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OPTON HANDLER FEILER & LANDAU, LLP
Attorneys At Law
52 Vanderbilt Avenue
New York, New York 10017-3808
Telephone: (212) 599-1744
July 24, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Amy Meltzer Starr, Esq.
Special Counsel
RE: Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd.
Preliminary Schedule 14A
Filed October 30, 1996
File No. 0-19893
Dear Ms. Starr:
On behalf of Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. we hereby withdraw the above referenced
Preliminary Schedule 14A.
Very truly yours,
Peter Landau
PL:jm
cc: Sheldon Hoffman
