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To the Board of Directors of
Flag Investors Value Builder Fund, Inc.
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements and financial
highlights of the Flag Investors Value Builder Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") for the
year ended March 31, 1998, we considered its internal control, including control
over safeguarding securities, in order to determine our auditing procedures for
the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and financial
highlights and to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide
assurance on 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 and financial highlights
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 controls, errors or fraud 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 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 fraud in amounts that would be material in relation to
the financial statements and financial highlights 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, including controls over safeguarding securities, that we
consider to be material weaknesses, as defined above, as of March 31, 1998.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of the management and
Board of Directors of the Fund and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 1, 1998
