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December 30, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004
Attn: Ms. Patsy Mengiste
Document Control - EDGAR
RE: Strategist World Fund, Inc.
File No. 33-63951/811-07405
Dear Ms. Mengiste:
Registrant certifies that the form of prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information that would have been filed under paragraph (c) of
Rule 497 would not have differed from that contained in the most recent
Registration Statement of Amendment, and the text of the most recent
Registration Statement or Amendment has been filed electronically.
Sincerely,
Strategist World Fund, Inc.
Eileen J. Newhouse
Secretary
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