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<LEGEND>
Ford Credit's Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet is unclassified.  Therefore,
the following tags listed below are not applicable to Ford Credit:  Current
Assets and Current Liabilities.  Information relating to earnings per share is not
presented because Ford Credit is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Ford
Motor Company.
</LEGEND>
       
                             
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