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SIGNATURE DOUGLAS MILLER
TITLE VP FUND ADMIN.
Page 1
The Board of Trustees
Evergreen Fixed Income Trust
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of Evergreen
Diversified Bond Fund, Evergreen High Yield Bond Fund, Evergreen Strategic
Income Fund and Evergreen U.S. Government Fund, portfolios of the Evergreen
Fixed Income Trust for the year ended April 30, 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 Evergreen Fixed Income Trust 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, errors or irregularities
may occur and not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation of internal
control to future periods is subject to the risks 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 errors or irregularities 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.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management, the
Board of Trustees of Evergreen Fixed Income Trust, and the Securities and
Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone
other than these specified parties.
Boston, Massachusetts
June 18, 1999
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