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March 27, 1997
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: Merrill Lynch Middle East/Africa Fund, Inc.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 under the
Securities Act to the Registration Statement on
Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-55843 and 811-07155)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch Middle East/Africa Fund, Inc. (the "Fund")
hereby certifies that:
(1) the form of prospectus and statement of additional
information that would have been filed pursuant to Rule
497(c) under the 1933 Act would not have differed from
that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the
Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, constituting
the most recent amendment to the Fund's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A; and
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Fund's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed
electronically with the Securites and Exhange Commission
on March 25, 1997.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA
FUND, INC.
By: /s/ James W. Harshaw
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James W. Harshaw
Authorized Officer
