FORM AW SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 REQUEST FOR WITHDRAWAL PURSUANT TO RULE 477 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 Institutional International Funds, Inc. Consisting of the Series: Foreign Equity Fund WITHDRAWAL REQUEST The undersigned registered open-end investment company hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission that it requests to withdraw FORM 485BPOS for the Institutional International Funds, Inc., dated May 1, 1998, filed on April 27, 1998; CIK: 0000852254; Post-Effective Amendment #3; Amendment #4; File Numbers 033-29697/811-05833, ACCESSION #0000871839-98-000069. This fund's CIK was input in error in the submission header for the filing of Institutional Equity Funds, Inc. SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 477 under the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has caused this request for withdrawal to be duly executed on its behalf in the City of Baltimore and the State of Maryland on the 28th day of April, 1998. Institutional International Funds, Inc. By: /s/Henry H. Hopkins _____________________________________ Henry H. Hopkins, Vice President April 28, 1998 Ruth Sanders, Esq. Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20549 Re: Institutional International Funds, Inc., consisting of the series: Foreign Equity Fund File Numbers: 033-29697/811-05833 Dear Ms. Sanders: We are hereby filing, with respect to the above-referenced Registrant, a withdrawal request on Form AW. If you have any questions, please contact me at 410-345-6601, or, in my absence, Cheryl Emory at 410-345-6877. Sincerely, /s/Forrest R. Foss Forrest R. Foss