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Exhibit 8.6

September 29, 2008

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

270 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special tax counsel to JPMorgan Chase & Co., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Delaware (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing of pricing supplement no. 1583 dated September 26, 2008 relating to $6,736,000 Principal Protected Asset Allocation Notes Linked to the Performance of the Best Performing of the Three Reference Portfolios Each Comprised of Four Asset Classes:  (1) a Weighted Basket of the British Pound Sterling, the European Union Euro and the Japanese Yen Relative to the U.S. Dollar, (2) the Dow Jones – AIG Commodities IndexSM, (3) the JPMorgan GBI Global Bond Total Return Index Hedged into U.S. Dollars and (4) a Weighted Basket of the S&P 500® Index, the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50® Index and the Nikkei 225 Index due September 30, 2014 (the “Pricing Supplement”) to product supplement no. 109-II dated August  1, 2008 relating to Principal Protected Asset Allocation Notes Linked to the Performance of the Best Performing of the Three Reference Portfolios Each Comprised of Four Asset Classes (the “Product Supplement”) to a prospectus supplement dated October 12, 2006 (the “Prospectus Supplement”) for the Company’s Global Medium-Term Notes, Series E, Global Warrants, Series E and Global Units, Series E, relating to a prospectus dated December 1, 2005 (the “Prospectus”) contained in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (Registration Statement No. 333-130051) (the “Registration Statement”).  This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Section 601(b)(8) of Regulation S-K of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”).

In our opinion, the discussions under the heading “United States Federal Taxation” in the Prospectus Supplement, under the heading “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” in the Product Supplement and under the heading “Selected Purchase Considerations – Taxed as Contingent Payment Debt Instruments” in the Pricing Supplement, subject to the conditions and limitations described therein, set forth the material U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable generally to holders of the securities offered pursuant to the Pricing Supplement as a result of the ownership and disposition of such securities.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the references to us under the heading “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” in the Product Supplement and under the heading “Selected Purchase Considerations – Taxed as Contingent Payment Debt Instruments” in the Pricing Supplement.  By such consent we do not concede that we are an “expert” for the purposes of the Act.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Sidley Austin llp