Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C.



                               December 19th, 1997



Securities and Exchange Commission
455th St. N.W.
Washington, D.C.


attn: Filing desk

         Re: Withdrawal Request for Form 8-A (file number 001-13727)

Gentlemen:

         We  hereby  request  a  withdrawal  of our  filing  of Form  8-A of FFP
Partners,  L.P.,  filed  electronically  on  December  19th,  1997,  file number
001-13727.  We  inadvertently  filed the Form 8-A  using  the old form.  We will
re-submit a correct filing on December 22, 1997. Thank you.


                                   Sincerely,

  

                                   /s/ Jannat C. Thompson
                                   ---------------------------------
                                   Jannat C. Thompson





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