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SIGNATURE JULIE F. WILLIAMS
TITLE SECRETARY
August 29, 1997
To the Board of Trustees of
Limited Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America
In planning and performing our audit of the financial
statements of Limited Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America
(the "Fund") for the year ended July 31, 1997, we considered
its internal control structure, including control activities
for safeguarding securities, in order to determine our
auditing procedures for the purposes of expressing our
opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the
requirements of Form N-SAR, and 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 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 July 31, 1997.
This report is intended solely for the information and use
of management and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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