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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950135-96-004890.txt : 19961115
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950135-96-004890
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	RW
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		19961113
SROS:			NASD

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FORRESTER RESEARCH INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001023313
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389]
		IRS NUMBER:				042797789
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		RW
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-21433
		FILM NUMBER:		96662211

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1033 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE
		CITY:			CAMBRIDGE
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02138
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6174977090

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1033 MASS AVE
		CITY:			CAMBRIDGE
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02138
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<DESCRIPTION>REQUEST FOR WITHDRAWAL FOR FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC
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                           FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC.
                          1033 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE
                        CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02138


Via EDGAR                                               November 13, 1996
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

        Re:     Forrester Research, Inc. (the "Company") Registration Statement
                on Form 8-A (No. 000-21433)
                --------------------------------------------------------------


Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

        The Company requests that the above-referenced registration statement
on Form 8-A, relating to the registration of the Company's common stock, $.01
par value, per share under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, be withdrawn,
effective immediately.

        If you have any questions, please feel free to call Ann L. Milner
(617)951-7000 or Jeremiah G. Garvey (617)951-7000 of Ropes & Gray.


                                   Very truly yours,

                                   FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC.


                                   By: /s/ Susan M. Whirty
                                       ---------------------------------------- 
                                       Susan M. Whirty
                                       Director, Operations and General Counsel


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