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<LEGEND>
Financial Services Segment - This schedule contains summary financial 
information extracted from Ford's Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 15,
1997 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
The error message indicated on this FDS is a result of the EDGAR system's 
inability to accept multiple Article 5 Financial Data Schedules.  Accordingly,
the error message should be ignored.
</LEGEND>
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