Question
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September 2, 1999
Via Facsimile
Richard B. Smith
	Premerger Notification Office
	Federal Trade Commission
	600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
	Washington, D.C. 20580
Dear Dick:
This will confirm our telephone conversation today regarding the transaction posed in my letter dated September 1, 1999. Tax considerations are the driving factors underlying the somewhat circuitous structure of the transaction.
	 
Thank you for your cooperation and assistance.
Very truly yours,
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