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MAY 20, 1998
VIA EDGAR
EDGAR Operations Branch
Division of Investment Management
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Evergreen Fixed Income Trust
(Evergreen Strategic Income Fund)
-Registration Statement on Form N-14
(File No. 333-50567)
CIK 0000892649
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 477(a), Evergreen Fixed Income Trust (the "Trust")
hereby withdraws the above-referenced registration statement (the "Registration
Statement") on Form N-14 filed April 21, 1998. The Registration Statement
related to the proposed acquisition of the assets of Global Bond Fund, a series
of CoreFunds, Inc., by and in exchange for shares of the Evergreen Strategic
Income Fund, a series of the Trust.
The Trust is withdrawing the Registration Statement because it is
expected that the proposed transaction will not occur.
Please call me at 202-775-1207 if you have any questions.
Very truly yours,
/s/ David C. Mahaffey
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David C. Mahaffey
cc: Mr. Briccio Barrientos
T. Hal Clarke, Esq.
Michael H. Koonce, Esq.
James W. Jennings, Esq.
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