CSMS Message: 99-000018

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT TODAY, JANUARY 8, 1999, AT 7:05AM EST, RATES WERE
RESENT TO ALL FILERS FOR COUNTRIES GR, KR, LU, AND TW, AS WELL AS EU. YOU
MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS YOU RECEIVED DIFFERING
RATES FOR THESE COUNTRIES. THERE WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION WITH THE FEDERAL
RESERVE BANK OF NY ON THESE RATES AND THAT HAS BEEN CORRECTED. THE RATES
PUBLISHED THIS MORNING FOR THE DATES 1-1-99 THRU 1-4-99 FOR THE ABOVE
COUNTRIES ARE CORRECT. TO REITERATE, THE CORRECT RATES ARE SHOWN BELOW:

EU (EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY)
1-1-99 THRU 1-4-99 RATE = 1.181200

GR (GREECE)
1-1-99 THRU 1-4-99 RATE = .003623

KR (KOREA)
1-1-99 THRU 1-4-99 RATE = .000842

LU (LUXEMBOURG)
1-1-99 THRU 1-4-99 RATE = .029281

TW (CHINA(TAIWAN)
1-1-99 THRU 1-4-99 RATE = .031124

YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT IN YESTERDAY'S (JANUARY 7) UPDATE, YOU RECEIVED
RATES FOR EU AND GR FOR JANUARY 1998. IN MAKING THE CORRECTED UPDATES AS
DESCRIBED ABOVE DURING THIS WEEK, WE INADVERTANTLY OVERLAYED THE JANUARY
1998 RATES FOR THESE COUNTRIES AND SENT THEM TO FILERS. YESTERDAY'S
UPDATE CORRECTED THAT ERROR.

ALL RATES FOR ALL COUNTRIES ARE NOW CORRECTED AND HAVE BEEN SENT.

WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY HAVE CAUSED. QUESTIONS MAY
BE DIRECTED TO YOUR CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE.