SULLIVAN & WORCESTER LLP 1025 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036 TELEPHONE: 202-775-8190 FACSIMILE: 202-775-2275 767 THIRD AVENUE ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02109 TELEPHONE: 212-486-2151 TELEPHONE: 617-338-2800 FACSIMILE: 212-758-2151 FACSIMILE: 617-338-2880 MAY 20, 1998 VIA EDGAR EDGAR Operations Branch Division of Investment Management Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549 Evergreen Fixed Income Trust (Evergreen Strategic Income Fund) -Registration Statement on Form N-14 (File No. 333-50567) CIK 0000892649 Ladies and Gentlemen: Pursuant to Rule 477(a), Evergreen Fixed Income Trust (the "Trust") hereby withdraws the above-referenced registration statement (the "Registration Statement") on Form N-14 filed April 21, 1998. The Registration Statement related to the proposed acquisition of the assets of Global Bond Fund, a series of CoreFunds, Inc., by and in exchange for shares of the Evergreen Strategic Income Fund, a series of the Trust. The Trust is withdrawing the Registration Statement because it is expected that the proposed transaction will not occur. Please call me at 202-775-1207 if you have any questions. Very truly yours, /s/ David C. Mahaffey --------------------------- David C. Mahaffey cc: Mr. Briccio Barrientos T. Hal Clarke, Esq. Michael H. Koonce, Esq. James W. Jennings, Esq.