Law Offices of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP 345 California Street San Francisco, California 94104-2635 Telephone (415) 835-1600 Facsimile (415) 217-5333 Internet www.phjw.com February 8, 2000 VIA EDGAR Secretary Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20549 Re: The Montgomery Funds - CIK No. 0000863435 Request for Withdrawal of Registration Statement on Form N-14 File No. 333-96117 Sir or Madam: On behalf of The Montgomery Funds (the "Registrant") and pursuant to Rule 477(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), we hereby request the withdrawal of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-14 (the "Registration Statement"), as filed with the Commission on February 3, 2000. The above filing was intended as a filing pursuant to Rule 497(e) under the Securities Act respecting the Combined Proxy Statement and Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information for the reorganization of the Montgomery International Small Cap Fund into the Montgomery International Growth Fund, two series of the Registrant. However, the vendor used by the Registrant to effect this 497(e) filing erroneously filed it with the Commission as a new Form N-14 filing. Please address any comments or questions concerning this withdrawal request to the undersigned at (415) 835-1607 or to Thao H. Ngo at (415) 835-1649. Very truly yours, /s/ David A. Hearth for PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP cc: Ms. Paige Morway Thao H. Ngo and Julie Allecta, Esq.