JP MORGAN FUNDS
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000 B000000 12/31/97
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010 A00AA02 PIERPONT GROUP, INC.
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SIGNATURE   RICHARD W.INGRAM                             
TITLE       TREASURER           
 

WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.

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                        REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

February 23, 1998

To the Shareholders and Trustees of
J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Debt Fund,
J.P. Morgan European Equity Fund, and
J.P. Morgan Japan Equity Fund


In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of J.P. Morgan
Emerging  Markets  Debt Fund for the  period  April 17,  1997  (commencement  of
operations)  to December 31, 1997,  J.P.  Morgan  European  Equity Fund and J.P.
Morgan Japan Equity Fund (the "Funds") for the year ended  December 31, 1997, we
considered their 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 the Funds 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
control activities.  Generally, control activities 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 control  activities  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 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  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,
including control activities for safeguarding securities, that we consider to be
material weaknesses as defined above as of December 31, 1997.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the
Trustees of the Funds and the Securities and Exchange Commission.


/s/ PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
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