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                THE EMERGING MARKETS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FUND, INC.
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                (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

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               THE EMERGING MARKETS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FUND, INC.
                              ONE CITICORP CENTER
                              153 EAST 53RD STREET
                                   57TH FLOOR
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
    

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                    NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
                        TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1995
    
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TO THE SHAREHOLDERS:

   
    NOTICE  IS  HEREBY GIVEN  that  the annual  meeting  of shareholders  of The
Emerging Markets Telecommunications Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") will be held at  the
offices  of Willkie Farr & Gallagher, One Citicorp Center, 153 East 53rd Street,
47th Floor, New York, New York 10022, on Thursday, September 21, 1995 commencing
at 10:00 a.m.
    

    The meeting is being held to consider and vote on the following proposals:

   
    1.  Election of two Directors of the Fund.
    

   
    2.    Ratification  of  Coopers  &  Lybrand  L.L.P.  as  independent  public
       accountants of the Fund for the fiscal year ending May 31, 1996.
    

    3.    Such other  matters as  may properly  come before  the meeting  or any
       adjournment thereof.

   
    The close of business on July 12, 1995 has been fixed as the record date for
the determination of the shareholders of the Fund entitled to notice of, and  to
vote at, the meeting.
    

   
    This  notice and related proxy  material are first being  mailed on or about
July 28, 1995.
    

                                          By order of the Board of Directors,

                                                          [sig]

                                                   MICHAEL A. PIGNATARO
                                                        SECRETARY

IF YOU DO NOT EXPECT TO ATTEND THE  MEETING IN PERSON AND WISH YOUR STOCK TO  BE
VOTED,  PLEASE  COMPLETE, SIGN  AND DATE  THE PROXY  CARD AND  RETURN IT  IN THE
ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. NO POSTAGE IS REQUIRED IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES. IT  IS
IMPORTANT  THAT  YOUR PROXY  CARD BE  RETURNED  PROMPTLY IN  ORDER TO  AVOID THE
ADDITIONAL EXPENSE OF FURTHER SOLICITATION.

   
Dated: July 28, 1995
New York, New York
    

   
               THE EMERGING MARKETS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FUND, INC.
                              ONE CITICORP CENTER
                              153 EAST 53RD STREET
                                   57TH FLOOR
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
    

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                            PROXY STATEMENT FOR THE
                         ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
                             ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1995
    
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    This  Proxy  Statement is  furnished in  connection  with a  solicitation of
proxies by  the  Board  of  Directors (the  "Board")  of  The  Emerging  Markets
Telecommunications  Fund, Inc.  (the "Fund")  for use  at the  Annual Meeting of
Shareholders to be held at the offices of Willkie Farr & Gallagher, One Citicorp
Center, 153 East 53rd Street, 47th Floor, New York, New York 10022 on  Thursday,
September  21, 1995 and at any adjournments thereof (the "Meeting"). A Notice of
Annual Meeting of  Shareholders and a  proxy card (the  "Proxy") accompany  this
Proxy  Statement. The Fund  has retained MacKenzie  Partners, Inc. ("MacKenzie")
for proxy solicitation services for which it will be paid a fee of approximately
$3,000 and will be reimbursed  for its reasonable expenses. Proxy  solicitations
will be made primarily by mail, but solicitations may also be made by MacKenzie,
as  well as by  officers or employees  of the Fund,  BEA Associates ("BEA"), the
investment adviser to  the Fund, and  Bear Stearns Funds  Management Inc.,  U.S.
administrator of the Fund (the "U.S. Administrator"), by telephone, telegraph or
personal  interviews.  All costs  of  solicitation, including  (a)  printing and
mailing of this Proxy Statement and accompanying material, (b) the reimbursement
of brokerage  firms and  others for  their expenses  in forwarding  solicitation
material to the beneficial owners of the Fund's shares, (c) payment of MacKenzie
for  its services in  soliciting Proxies and  (d) supplementary solicitations to
submit Proxies, will be borne by the  Fund. This Proxy Statement is expected  to
be mailed to shareholders on or about July 28, 1995.
    

   
    The  principal executive office of BEA is One Citicorp Center, 153 East 53rd
Street, 57th Floor,  New York, New  York 10022. The  U.S. Administrator has  its
principal  executive office at  245 Park Avenue,  8th Floor, New  York, New York
10167.
    

   
    The Fund's Annual  Report containing  audited financial  statements for  the
fiscal  year  ended  May  31,  1995  is  concurrently  being  furnished  to  the
shareholders of the Fund. The report  is not to be regarded as  proxy-soliciting
material.
    

    If  the enclosed Proxy is properly executed and returned in time to be voted
at the Meeting, the shares represented thereby will be voted in accordance  with
the  instructions marked  on the  Proxy. If  no instructions  are marked  on the
Proxy, the Proxy will be voted FOR election of the nominees for director and FOR
Proposal 2 stated in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting. Any  shareholder
giving  a Proxy has the right to attend the Meeting to vote his shares in person
(thereby revoking any prior Proxy) and also the right to revoke the Proxy at any
time by written notice received by the Fund prior to the time it is voted.

    In the event that a quorum is present at the Meeting but sufficient votes to
approve any of the proposals are not received, the persons named as proxies  may
propose one or more adjournments of the Meeting to

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permit  further solicitation of  Proxies. Any such  adjournment will require the
affirmative vote of  a majority of  those shares represented  at the Meeting  in
person  or by Proxy. If  a quorum is present, the  persons named as proxies will
vote those Proxies that they are entitled  to vote FOR any proposal in favor  of
an adjournment and will vote those Proxies required to be voted AGAINST any such
proposal against any adjournment. A shareholder vote may be taken on one or more
of  the proposals in the Proxy Statement  prior to any adjournment if sufficient
votes  have  been  received  and  it  is  otherwise  appropriate.  A  quorum  of
shareholders is constituted by the presence in person or by proxy of the holders
of  a majority  of the outstanding  shares of the  Fund entitled to  vote at the
Meeting. For purposes of  determining the presence of  a quorum for  transacting
business  at the Meeting,  abstentions and broker  "non-votes" (that is, proxies
from brokers  or  nominees  indicating  that  such  persons  have  not  received
instructions  from the beneficial owner or other persons entitled to vote shares
on a particular matter with respect to which the brokers or nominees do not have
discretionary power) will be treated as  shares that are present but which  have
not been voted.

    Proposal  1 requires for approval the affirmative vote of a plurality of the
votes cast at the Meeting  in person or by proxy  while Proposal 2 requires  for
approval the vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Meeting in person or by
proxy. Because abstentions and broker non-votes are not treated as shares voted,
any abstentions and broker non-votes would have no impact on such proposals.

   
    The  Fund has  one class  of shares  of capital  stock consisting  of common
stock, par value $.001 per  share (the "Shares"). On  July 12, 1995, the  record
date, 8,434,919 Shares of the Fund were issued and outstanding.
    

    Shares  of  the  Fund are  entitled  to one  vote  each at  the  Meeting and
fractional Shares are entitled to proportionate shares of one vote.

    In order that your Shares may be represented, you are requested to:

    --indicate your instructions on the Proxy;
    --date and sign the Proxy;
    --mail the Proxy promptly in the enclosed envelope;
   
    -- allow sufficient time for the Proxy to be received on or before 10:00
      a.m. on September 21, 1995.
    

   
                       PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
    

   
    The first proposal to be  submitted at the Meeting  will be the election  of
two  (2)  directors  of the  Fund  to serve  until  the 1998  Annual  Meeting of
Shareholders. Each of the nominees, if elected,  will hold office for a term  of
three  years and  until his  successor is  elected and  qualified. The  Board is
divided into three  classes, each  class having  a term  of no  more than  three
years.  Each year the term  of office of one class  expires and the successor or
successors elected to such class will serve for a three-year term.
    

   
    Peter A. Gordon, a director whose current  term expires on the date of  this
Meeting,  has been nominated for a three-year  term to expire at the 1998 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders.
    

   
    Martin M. Torino, a  director whose current term  does not expire until  the
1997  Annual Meeting of  Shareholders, has also been  nominated for a three-year
term to expire at the 1998 Annual Meeting of Shareholders so as to maintain  the
classes  of directors as nearly equal in  number as possible, as required by the
Fund's Articles of Incorporation.
    

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    Each of the  nominees has indicated  his intention to  continue to serve  if
elected  and has consented to being named  in this Proxy Statement. Each nominee
or director who is deemed an "interested person" of the Fund, as defined in  the
Investment  Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), is indicated by an
asterisk in the table below. Messrs. Bassini and Sigg are interested persons  of
the Fund by virtue of their positions as directors and officers of BEA.
    

   
    The  following table sets  forth certain information  regarding the nominees
for election  to the  Board of  the  Fund, the  directors of  the Fund  and  the
officers  and directors of the Fund as  a group. Each of the nominees, directors
and officers of the Fund  has sole voting and  investment power with respect  to
the  Shares shown. Each nominee, each director and the officers and directors of
the Fund as a group, owns less than one percent of the outstanding Shares of the
Fund.
    

   


                                                                                         LENGTH OF
                                                                                        SERVICE AS
                                                               CURRENT PRINCIPAL       DIRECTOR AND
                                              SHARES              OCCUPATION              TERM OF        MEMBERSHIP ON BOARDS
                                           BENEFICIALLY    AND PRINCIPAL EMPLOYMENT     MEMBERSHIP        OF OTHER REGISTERED
                                             OWNED ON        DURING THE PAST FIVE       ON BOARD OF    INVESTMENT COMPANIES AND
               NAME (AGE)                  JULY 12, 1995             YEARS               THE FUND       PUBLICLY HELD COMPANIES
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Emilio Bassini* (45) ...................          3,970    Member of the Executive    Since 1992;      Director of seven other
  153 E. 53rd Street                                       Committee, Chief Finan-    current term     BEA-advised investment
  New York, NY 10022                                       cial Officer and           ends at the      companies.
                                                           Executive Director of BEA  1996 annual
                                                           (formerly Basic            meeting
                                                           Appraisals, Inc. and BEA
                                                           Associates, Inc.)
                                                           (1984-present).

James J. Cattano (51) ..................              0    President, Atlantic        Since 1994;      Director of six other
  80 Field Point Road                                      Fertilizer & Chemical      current term     BEA-advised investment
  Greenwich, CT 06830                                      Company (an international  ends at the      companies.
                                                           trading company            1997 annual
                                                           specializing in the sale   meeting
                                                           of agricultural
                                                           commodities in Latin
                                                           American markets)
                                                           (10/91-present);
                                                           President, Diamond
                                                           Fertiliser & Chemical
                                                           Corporation, a subsidiary
                                                           of Norsk Hydro A.S. (a
                                                           Norwegian agriculture,
                                                           oil and gas, light metals
                                                           and petro-chemical
                                                           company) (1/84-10/91).

Peter A. Gordon (53) ...................              0    General Partner of Ethos   Since 1992;      Director of TCS Fund,
  152 W. 57th Street                                       Capital Management;        current term     Inc.; Director of five
  New York, NY 10019                                       Managing Director of Sal-  ends at the      other BEA-advised in-
                                                           omon Brothers Inc          1995 annual      vestment companies;
                                                           (1981-6/92).               meeting          Director of the Mills
                                                                                                       Corporation.

    

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                                                                                         LENGTH OF
                                                                                        SERVICE AS
                                                               CURRENT PRINCIPAL       DIRECTOR AND
                                              SHARES              OCCUPATION              TERM OF        MEMBERSHIP ON BOARDS
                                           BENEFICIALLY    AND PRINCIPAL EMPLOYMENT     MEMBERSHIP        OF OTHER REGISTERED
                                             OWNED ON        DURING THE PAST FIVE       ON BOARD OF    INVESTMENT COMPANIES AND
               NAME (AGE)                  JULY 12, 1995             YEARS               THE FUND       PUBLICLY HELD COMPANIES
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George W. Landau (75) ..................          1,000    Chairman of the Latin      Since 1992;      Director of six other
  Two Grove Isle Drive                                     American Advisory Board    current term     BEA-advised investment
  Coconut Grove, FL 33133                                  of the Coca-Cola Corpo-    ends at the      companies;
                                                           ration and Senior Advisor  1996 annual      Director of Emigrant
                                                           of Coca-Cola Internation-  meeting          Savings Bank; Director of
                                                           al (1988-present); Presi-                   GAM Funds, Inc.
                                                           dent of the Americas So-
                                                           ciety and Council of the
                                                           Americas (7/85-10/93);
                                                           United States Ambassador
                                                           to Venezuela (1982-1985);
                                                           United States Ambassador
                                                           to Chile (1977-1982) and
                                                           United States Ambassador
                                                           to Paraguay (1972-1977).

Daniel H. Sigg* (39) ...................              0    Member of the Executive    Since 1994;      Director of eight other
  153 East 53rd Street                                     Committee and Managing     current term     BEA-advised investment
  New York, NY 10022                                       Director of BEA            ends at the      companies.
                                                           (9/90-present); Head of    1997 annual
                                                           International Equity       meeting
                                                           Sales and Trading at
                                                           Swiss American Securities
                                                           (1987-9/90).

Martin M. Torino (45) ..................              0    Executive Director of TAU  Since 1992;      Director of five other
  Reconquista 365, 9th Fl.                                 S.A. (a commodities        current term     BEA-advised investment
  Capital Federal 1003                                     trading firm) (11/90-pre-  ends at the      companies.
  Buenos Aires, Argentina                                  sent); President of DYAT   1997 annual
                                                           S.A. (10/93-present); Ex-  meeting
                                                           ecutive Vice President of
                                                           Louis-Dreyfus Sugar Co.
                                                           (1/84-5/91).

All directors and officers                        4,970
  as a group (11 persons, including the
  foregoing) ...........................

    

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    During the  fiscal year  ended May  31, 1995,  each director  who is  not  a
director,   officer,  partner,   co-partner  or   employee  of   BEA,  the  U.S.
Administrator or any  affiliate thereof, received  an annual fee  of $5,000  and
$500  for  each meeting  of the  Board attended  by him  and was  reimbursed for
expenses incurred in connection with his  attendance at the Board meetings.  The
total remuneration paid by the Fund during the fiscal year ended May 31, 1995 to
all  such unaffiliated directors  was $30,000. During the  fiscal year ended May
31, 1995, the Board convened 11 times. Each director except Mr. Sigg attended at
least seventy-five percent of the aggregate number of meetings of the Board  and
any committees on which he served.
    

   
    The  Fund's Audit Committee is composed  of directors who are not interested
persons of the Fund. Messrs. Cattano, Gordon, Landau and Torino are the  members
of  the Audit Committee. The  Audit Committee of the  Fund convened twice during
the fiscal year 1995.  The Audit Committee  of the Fund  advises the full  Board
with  respect to accounting, auditing and  financial matters affecting the Fund.
The Board performs the  functions of a nominating  committee. The Fund does  not
have a compensation committee.
    

   
    Section  16(a)  of the  Securities Exchange  Act of  1934 requires  a Fund's
officers and  directors,  officers  and directors  of  the  investment  adviser,
affiliated  persons of the investment adviser,  and persons who beneficially own
more than ten percent of  the Fund's Shares, to  file reports of ownership  with
the  Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), the New York Stock Exchange
and the Fund. Based solely upon its review of the copies of such forms  received
by  it and written representations from such persons, the Fund believes that for
the fiscal year ended May 31, 1995, all filings applicable to such persons  were
complied  with,  except that  an Initial  Statement  of Beneficial  Ownership of
Securities on Form 3 was filed late by each of the following individuals:  James
Cattano  and Daniel  Sigg (directors  of the  Fund); Lloyd  Baskin, Henry Klein,
Robert Margolin, Paul P. Stamler and  Lynn Zabner (officers or employees of  the
Fund or BEA).
    

   
    The  following table  shows certain information  about officers  of the Fund
other than Mr. Bassini  and Mr. Sigg,  who are described  above. Mr. Bassini  is
Chairman  of the Board, President  and Chief Investment Officer  of the Fund and
Mr. Sigg is Senior Vice President of the Fund. Mr. Bassini, Mr. Playfair and Mr.
Pignataro have  held their  respective  offices since  the commencement  of  the
Fund's  operations. Mr. Sigg and Mr. Stamler have been Senior Vice Presidents of
the Fund since April 1993 and July 1993, respectively. Ms. Manney has been  Vice
President  and Treasurer of the  Fund since October 1992  and Mr. Klein has been
Vice President of the Fund since February 1995.
    

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    Each officer will hold  his office until a  successor has been elected.  All
officers  of the Fund are employees of and  are compensated by BEA. The Fund has
no bonus, profit sharing, pension or retirement plans.
    

   


                                               SHARES
                                            BENEFICIALLY                                   CURRENT PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION
                                              OWNED ON                                       AND PRINCIPAL EMPLOYMENT
            NAME                   AGE      JULY 12, 1995      POSITION WITH FUND           DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS
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Piers Playfair ..............          36         0        Executive Vice President    Managing Director of BEA
  153 E. 53rd Street                                         and Investment Officer    (12/94-present); Senior Vice
  New York, NY 10022                                                                   President   of   BEA   (9/90-12/94);
                                                                                       Director  of Equity  Capital Markets
                                                                                       Group, Salomon Brothers Inc
                                                                                       (1985-1990).

Paul P. Stamler .............          34         0        Senior Vice President       Vice  President  of  BEA  (6/93-pre-
  153 E. 53rd Street                                                                   sent);  self-employed as a certified
  New York, NY 10022                                                                   public accountant (4/92-5/93);  Vice
                                                                                       President  of  Bear,  Stearns  & Co.
                                                                                       Inc. (6/88-3/92).

Henry Klein .................          32         0        Vice President              Vice   President   of   BEA   (3/93-
  153 E. 53rd Street                                                                   present);    Associate   at   Lehman
  New York, NY 10022                                                                   Brothers, Inc.
Michael A. Pignataro ........          35         0        Chief Financial Officer     Assistant Vice  President and  Chief
  153 E. 53rd Street                                         and Secretary             Administrative Officer for
  New York, NY 10022                                                                   Investment Companies of BEA
                                                                                       (formerly Basic Appraisals, Inc. and
                                                                                       BEA Associates, Inc.)
                                                                                       (9/89-present).

Rachel D. Manney ............          28         0        Vice President and          Assistant  Vice  President  and  Ad-
  153 E. 53rd Street                                         Treasurer                 ministrative Officer for  Investment
  New York, NY 10022                                                                   Companies   of  BEA  (4/92-present);
                                                                                       Senior  Associate   at   Coopers   &
                                                                                       Lybrand (certified public
                                                                                       accountant) (1989-1992).

    

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    The following table shows certain compensation information for the directors
of the Fund for the fiscal year ended May 31, 1995. None of the Fund's executive
officers  and directors who are  also officers or directors  of BEA received any
compensation from the Fund for such period.
    

   


                                                          PENSION OR                            TOTAL
                                                          RETIREMENT        ESTIMATED     COMPENSATION FROM     TOTAL NUMBER OF
                                                           BENEFITS          ANNUAL            FUND AND            BOARDS OF
                                           AGGREGATE      ACCRUED AS        BENEFITS         FUND COMPLEX         BEA-ADVISED
                                         COMPENSATION       PART OF           UPON             PAID TO            INVESTMENT
           NAME OF DIRECTOR                FROM FUND     FUND EXPENSES     RETIREMENT         DIRECTORS        COMPANIES SERVED
- - ---------------------------------------  -------------  ---------------  ---------------  ------------------  -------------------

                                                                                               
James J. Cattano ......................     $7,500                 0                0         $   51,500                   7
Peter A. Gordon .......................     $7,500                 0                0         $   44,500                   6
George W. Landau ......................     $7,500                 0                0         $   51,500                   7
Martin M. Torino ......................     $7,500                 0                0         $   44,500                   6

    

   
THE BOARD  OF DIRECTORS,  INCLUDING THE  "NON-INTERESTED" DIRECTORS,  RECOMMENDS
THAT THE SHAREHOLDERS VOTE "FOR" THE NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR.
    

                    PROPOSAL 2: RATIFICATION OR REJECTION OF
                         INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

   
    The  second proposal to be submitted at the Meeting will be the ratification
or rejection of the selection by the Board of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. ("Coopers
& Lybrand") as independent public accountants of the Fund for the present fiscal
year ending  May 31,  1996.  At a  meeting  held on  May  16, 1995,  the  Board,
including those directors who are not "interested persons" of the Fund, approved
the  selection of  Coopers & Lybrand  for the  fiscal year ending  May 31, 1996.
Coopers & Lybrand  has been independent  public accountants for  the Fund  since
commencement of operations of the Fund, and has informed the Fund that it has no
material  direct or indirect financial interest in the Fund. A representative of
Coopers & Lybrand will be  available by telephone at  the Meeting and will  have
the opportunity to make a statement if the representative so desires and will be
available to respond to appropriate questions.
    

THE  BOARD OF  DIRECTORS, INCLUDING  THE "NON-INTERESTED"  DIRECTORS, RECOMMENDS
THAT THE  SHAREHOLDERS VOTE  "FOR"  THE RATIFICATION  OF  COOPERS &  LYBRAND  AS
INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS.

                             ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

REPORTS TO SHAREHOLDERS

    The  Fund  sends unaudited  semi-annual and  audited  annual reports  to its
shareholders, including  a list  of  investments held.  THE FUND  WILL  FURNISH,
WITHOUT  CHARGE, A COPY  OF ITS MOST  RECENT ANNUAL AND  SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UPON
REQUEST TO THE FUND AT ONE CITICORP CENTER, 153 EAST 53RD STREET, NEW YORK,  NEW
YORK  10022,  ATTENTION: INVESTOR  RELATIONS, TELEPHONE  (1-800-293-1232). THESE
REQUESTS WILL BE HONORED WITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS OF RECEIPT.

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          PROPOSAL 3: OTHER MATTERS WHICH MAY COME BEFORE THE MEETING;
                             SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS

    The Board  is not  aware of  any other  matters that  will come  before  the
Meeting.  Should any other  matter properly come  before the Meeting,  it is the
intention of the persons named  in the accompanying Proxy  to vote the Proxy  in
accordance with their judgment on such matters.

   
    Notice  is hereby given that for a shareholder proposal to be considered for
inclusion in the Fund's  proxy material relating to  its 1996 annual meeting  of
shareholders,  the shareholder  proposal must be  received by the  Fund no later
than March 30,  1996. A  shareholder desiring  to submit  a proposal  must be  a
record  or beneficial owner of  at least 1% of  the outstanding Shares or Shares
with a market value of $1,000 entitled to be voted at the meeting and must  have
held  such Shares for at least one  year. Further, the shareholder must continue
to hold such Shares through the date  on which the meeting is held.  Documentary
support  regarding the foregoing must be provided along with the proposal. There
are additional  requirements  regarding proposals  of  the shareholders,  and  a
shareholder  contemplating submission  of a proposal  is referred  to Rule 14a-8
promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
    

SHAREHOLDERS WHO DO NOT EXPECT TO BE PRESENT AT THE MEETING AND WHO WISH TO HAVE
THEIR SHARES VOTED ARE REQUESTED TO DATE AND SIGN THE ENCLOSED PROXY AND  RETURN
IT  IN THE  ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. NO  POSTAGE IS  REQUIRED IF MAILED  IN THE UNITED
STATES.

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                                               THE EMERGING MARKETS
                                                TELECOMMUNICATIONS
                                                    FUND, INC.
    

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                                                       THIS  PROXY  IS SOLICITED  ON BEHALF  OF  THE BOARD  OF DIRECTORS
                                                       The  undersigned  hereby  appoints  Messrs.  Emilio  Bassini  and
                                                       Michael  A. Pignataro as Proxies, each  with the power to appoint
  THE EMERGING MARKETS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FUND, INC.   his substitute, and  hereby authorizes them  to represent and  to
                        PROXY                          vote,  as designated  below, all  shares of  The Emerging Markets
                                                       Telecommunications Fund, Inc. (the  "Fund") that the  undersigned
                                                       is  entitled to  vote at  the annual  meeting of  shareholders on
                                                       Thursday, September 21, 1995, and at any adjournment thereof.

    

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 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE NOMINEES IN PROPOSAL 1 AND
                               "FOR" PROPOSAL 2.
    
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PROPOSAL 1--ELECTION OF THE FOLLOWING NOMINEES AS DIRECTORS:     FOR nominees listed      WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
                                                              (except as marked to the     to vote for the
                                                                   contrary below)             nominees
                                Peter A. Gordon                          / /                     / /
                                Martin M. Torino

    

   
(Instruction: To withhold authority for  any individual, write the  individual's
name on the line provided below.)
    

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PROPOSAL 2--TO RATIFY THE SELECTION OF COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P. AS INDEPENDENT PUBLIC          FOR      AGAINST    ABSTAIN
ACCOUNTANTS OF THE FUND FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MAY 31, 1996:                               / /        / /        / /
PROPOSAL  3--TO CONSIDER AND ACT  UPON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS  MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE
MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENTS THEREOF.

    

                  (CONTINUED--SIGNATURE REQUIRED ON NEXT PAGE)

    PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE
ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.

This proxy when properly executed will be voted in the manner directed herein by
the undersigned shareholder.

IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR PROPOSALS 1 AND 2.

Please sign  exactly  as name  appears  below. When  shares  are held  by  joint
tenants, both should sign.

                  When  signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee or
                  guardian, please give  full title as  such. If a  corporation,
                  please  sign  in full  corporate  name by  president  or other
                  authorized  officer.  If   a  partnership,   please  sign   in
                  partnership name by authorized person.
                  Date: ________________________________________________________
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                  Signature                    Print Name
                  ______________________________   _____________________________
                  Signature if held jointly       Print Name