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<LEGEND>
     This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from the
unaudited  balance  sheet of AT&T Corp.  at September 30, 1996 and the unaudited
consolidated  statement of income for the nine-month  period ended September 30,
1996 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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