EXHIBIT 15



Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

Commissioners:

We are aware that our reports dated April 22, 2002, July 22, 2002 and October
21, 2002, respectively, on our reviews of interim consolidated financial
information of 3M Company and Subsidiaries (the "Company") for the three-month
periods ended March 31, 2002 and 2001, the three- and six-month periods ended
June 30, 2002 and 2001, and the three- and nine-month periods ended September
30, 2002 and 2001, and included in the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarters
ended March 31, 2002, June 30, 2002, and September 30, 2002, respectively, are
incorporated by reference in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3,
for the registration of $639,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's
Liquid Yield Option(TM) Notes due 2032 (the "LYONs") and the shares of common
stock of the Company issuable upon conversion of the LYONs.


/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Minneapolis, Minnesota
February 14, 2003