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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1998	                                                                                                                           (202) 616-2771

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JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ISSUES 1997 ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT


TO THE "DIGEST OF BUSINESS REVIEWS"





	WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Justice today issued
the 1997 annual supplement and revised indexes to the "Digest of
Business Reviews."  

	The original Digest, published in 1983, contained summaries
of letters issued by the Antitrust Division from 1968 to 1982
under its Business Review procedure.  Supplements are issued on
an annual basis.

	Under the Business Review procedure, a firm describes
proposed business activity to the Antitrust Division and receives
a letter stating whether the Division would challenge the action
as a violation of the federal antitrust laws.

	The updated indexes permit research of all Business Review
letters issued since 1968 according to topic, commodity or
service involved, and the names of the requesting parties.

	Copies of the Digest, supplements, revised indexes, and
Business Review letters are available from the Antitrust
Documents Group, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice,
Suite 215 Liberty Place Building, 325 7th Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20530 (202-514-2481).

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