July 18, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: Merrill Lynch Americas Income Fund, Inc.
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-14
(Securities Act File No. 333-37288
Investment Company Act File No. 811-7794)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch Americas Income
Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") hereby certifies that:
(1) the form of Joint Proxy Statement and Prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information that would have been
filed pursuant to Rule 497(b) under the 1933 Act would
not have differed from that contained in Pre-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Fund's Registration Statement
on Form N-14; and
(2) the text of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the
Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-14 was filed
electronically with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on July 12, 2000.
Very truly yours,
Merrill Lynch Americas Income Fund, Inc.
By: /s/ Phillip S. Gillespie
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Phillip S. Gillespie
Secretary
