Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) 8-K Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit 5.2

March 7, 2008

Wells Fargo & Company,

420 Montgomery Street,

San Francisco, California 9416

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

600 California Street, Suite 1600

San Francisco, California 94108

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special tax counsel to Wells Fargo & Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the issuance of $12,437,000 aggregate face amount of Notes Linked to the Financial Select Sector SPDR^® Fund due March 7, 2011 (the “Securities”) as described in the Company’s prospectus supplement dated February 29, 2008 to the Company’s prospectus dated June 19, 2006 (the “Prospectus Supplement”). We hereby confirm our opinion as set forth under the heading “Supplemental U.S. Income Tax Considerations” in the Prospectus Supplement.

We hereby consent to the reference to us in the Prospectus under the caption “Supplemental U.S. Income Tax Considerations” and the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Prospectus Supplement. In giving such consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Sullivan & Cromwell LLP