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SIGNATURE   GEORGE C. BOWEN                              
TITLE       TREASURER           
 


Return of Capital

The Fund adjusts the  classification of distributions to shareholders to reflect
the differences between financial statement amounts and distributions determined
in accordance with income tax  regulations.  Accordingly,  during the year ended
August 31,  1998,  amounts  have been  reclassified  to  reflect a  decrease  in
accumulated net investment loss of $1,292,157.  Accumulated net realized gain on
investments was decreased by the same amount.


WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.

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WARNING: THE EDGAR SYSTEM ENCOUNTERED ERROR(S) WHILE PROCESSING THIS SCHEDULE.

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The Board of Trustees and Shareholders of
Oppenheimer Enterprise Fund:


In planning and performing our audit of the financial  statements of Oppenheimer
Enterprise  Fund for the year ended August 31, 1998, we considered  its internal
controls,   including  procedures  for  safeguarding  securities,  in  order  to
determine our auditing  procedures  for the purpose of expressing our opinion on
the financial  statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, not
to provide assurance on internal controls.

The management of Oppenheimer  Enterprise Fund is responsible  for  establishing
and maintaining internal controls. In fulfilling this responsibility,  estimates
and  judgments by  management  are required to assess the expected  benefits and
related costs of internal control policies and procedures. Two of the objectives
of  internal  controls  are to  provide  management  with  reasonable,  but  not
absolute,  assurance that assets are safeguarded  against loss from unauthorized
use or  disposition  and that  transactions  are  executed  in  accordance  with
management's  authorization  and  recorded  properly  to permit  preparation  of
financial   statements  in  conformity   with  generally   accepted   accounting
principles.

Because of inherent  limitations in internal controls,  errors or irregularities
may  occur  and may not be  detected.  Also,  projection  of any  evaluation  of
internal  controls to future periods is subject to the risk that they may become
inadequate  because of changes in  conditions or that the  effectiveness  of the
design and operation may deteriorate.

Our  consideration  of internal  controls  would not  necessarily  disclose  all
matters in internal  controls 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 the
specific internal control elements 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 controls,  including
procedures  for  safeguarding  securities,  that we  considered  to be  material
weaknesses as defined above as of August 31, 1998.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the
Securities and Exchange Commission and should not be used for any other purpose.





KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


Denver, Colorado
September 22, 1998



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