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<LEGEND>
     This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from the
unaudited  balance  sheet of AT&T Corp.  at December 31, 1996 and the  unaudited
consolidated  statement of income for the twelve-month period ended December 31,
1996 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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