[letterhead of
State Street Research & Management Company
One Financial Center
Boston, Massachusetts 02111]
VIA EDGAR
October 22, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission
Filing Desk
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: State Street Research Master Investment Trust
Securities Act of 1933 Registration No. 33-32729
Investment Company Act of 1940 File No. 811-84
CIK 0000093755
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of State Street Research Master Investment Trust (the "Registrant")
and pursuant to Rule 497(e) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act") and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940
Act"), as the same have been modified by Regulation S-T, we hereby file a
statement to note for the record that prospectuses are in use that are Spanish
and Chinese translations of the English language State Street Research
Investment Trust prospectus dated May 1, 1999. The prospectus was filed
electronically on May 5, 1999 (EDGAR accession number 0000950146-99-001045).
Pursuant to Rule 306 of Regulation S-T, the Registrant represents that the
English language State Street Research Investment Trust prospectus (filed
electronically on May 5, 1999) is a fair and accurate translation of the Spanish
and Chinese versions now in use.
If you have any questions with respect to the enclosed or if there is any way in
which we may be of assistance, please do not hesitate to telephone the
undersigned at (617) 357-1371.
STATE STREET RESEARCH
<PAGE>
MASTER INVESTMENT TRUST
By: /s/ Amy L. Simmons
-------------------------
Amy L. Simmons
Assistant Secretary
cc: John Hunt, Esq.
Geoffrey R.T. Kenyon, Esq.
Evelyn M. Talmo
Goodwin, Procter & Hoar LLP
Darman A. Wing, Esq.
State Street Research & Management Company
