EXPRESS DIRECT WORLD FUND INC, 497J, 1997-06-30

EXPRESS DIRECT WORLD FUND INC
497J, 1997-06-30

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June 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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