TRI CONTINENTAL CORP
NSAR-B, 1996-02-29
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SIGNATURE   THOMAS G. ROSE                               
TITLE       TREASURER           
 

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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT


The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Tri-Continental Corporation

In  planning  and  performing  our  audit  of the  financial  statements  of Tri
Continental  Corporation  (the  "Corporation")  for the year ended  December 31,
1995, we considered its internal  control  structure,  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 the internal control
structure.

The  management  of  the  Corporation  is  responsible  for   establishing   and
maintaining an internal control  structure.  In fulfilling this  responsibility,
estimates  and  judgments  by  management  are  required to assess the  expected
benefits  and  related  costs  of  internal  control   structure   policies  and
procedures.  Two of the  objectives  of an  internal  control  structure  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 any internal  control  structure,  errors or
irregularities may occur and not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation
of the  structure  to future  periods  is subject to the risk that it may become
inadequate  because of changes in  conditions or that the  effectiveness  of the
design and operation may deteriorate.

Our  consideration  of the  internal  control  structure  would not  necessarily
disclose all matters in the internal  control  structure  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 structure 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 the internal control structure,  including procedures for safeguarding
securities,  that we consider to be material  weaknesses  as defined above as of
December 31, 1995.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the
Securities and Exchange Commission.


February 2, 1996




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