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FPCMS
82 Devonshire Street
Boston MA 02109-3614
617-563-7000

December 28, 2010

U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attn: Edward Bartz

RE:

Fidelity Hastings Street Trust (the trust):

 

Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund (the fund)

 

File Nos. (002-11517) and (811-00215)

 

Post-Effective Amendment No. 124

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 8b-16 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, Regulation S-T and Rule 485(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, transmitted herewith on behalf of the trust is Post-Effective Amendment No. 124 to the trust's current effective Registration Statement on Form N-1A. This transmission contains a conformed signature page, the manually signed original of which, executed pursuant to Powers of Attorney dated September 30, 2009 and August 1, 2008, is maintained at the offices of the trust.

This filing contains the Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information for Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund. This filing serves to register the fund as a new series of the trust. The fund may be marketed through banks, savings and loan associations, or credit unions.

Please note that the cover page of the Prospectuses and SAIs contain the standard "red herring" legend called for by Rule 481 of Regulation C.

Pursuant to Rule 485(a), the trust elects an effective date of March 13, 2011. We request your comments by January 27, 2011.

Please contact me at (617) 563-1375 in connection with any questions or comments regarding this filing.

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Sincerely,

 

 

 

/s/ Jamie Plourde

 

Jamie Plourde

 

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