VIA EDGAR
February 9, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: Putnam Investment Funds (Reg. No.33-56339) (811-7237) (the
"Fund")
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Fund hereby certifies that the form of prospectuses
and Statements of Additional Information for the Putnam
International New Opportunities Fund and Putnam Global Grwoth &
Income Fund that would have been filed on behalf of the Fund
pursuant to Rule 497(c) upon the effectiveness of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 13 to the Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-
1A (the "Amendment") would not have differed from that contained
in the Amendment, which is the most recent amendment to such
Registration Statement and was filed electronically on .
Comments or questions concerning this certificate may be
directed to Sally Trosset at 1-800-225-2465, ext. 11292.
Very truly yours,
Putnam Fund
/s/ Gordon H. Silver
By: ----------------------------------
Gordon H. Silver
Vice President
cc: Bryan Chegwidden, Esq.
