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                          Report of Independent Accountants

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
  Strong Heritage Reserve Series, Inc.:

In planning  and  performing  our audit of the  financial  statements  of Strong
Heritage  Money Fund and  Strong  Investors  Money  Fund (two of the  portfolios
constituting the Strong Heritage Reserve Series,  Inc., hereafter referred to as
the "Funds") for the year ended February 29, 2000, we considered  their internal
controls,  including control activities 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 control.

The  management of the Funds 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
controls.  Generally,  controls  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  controls   include  the   safeguarding  of  assets  against
unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition.

Because of inherent  limitations in internal control,  errors or fraud may occur
and not be detected.  Also,  projection of any evaluation of internal control to
future  periods  is  subject to the risk that  controls  may  become  inadequate
because of changes in conditions or that the  effectiveness  of their 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 one or more
of the internal control components does not reduce to a relatively low level the
risk  that  misstatements  caused  by error or fraud 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  and  its  operation,   including  controls  for  safeguarding
securities,  that we consider to be material  weaknesses  as defined above as of
February 29, 2000.

This  report is  intended  solely  for the  information  and use of the Board of
Directors,  management  and the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission and is not
intended  to be and  should not be used by anyone  other  than  these  specified
parties.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
April 7, 2000



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