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ROPES & GRAY LLP
ONE INTERNATIONAL PLACE
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02110
     
May 1, 2008
  Timothy R. Collins
 
  617-951-7946
 
  Timothy.Collins@ropesgray.com
BY EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
     Re:     GMO Trust (the “Trust”) (File Nos. 2-98772 and 811-04347)
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
     Transmitted herewith for filing by means of electronic submission on behalf of the Trust pursuant to (1) the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Rule 485(a)(1) thereunder, (2) the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), (3) Form N-1A and (4) Regulation S-T, is Post-Effective Amendment No. 129 to the Trust’s Registration Statement under the Securities Act and Post-Effective Amendment No. 160 to the Trust’s Registration Statement under the 1940 Act on Form N-1A (“Amendment No. 129/160”), including: (i) a GMO Trust Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information (relating to forty-one of the forty-seven series of the Trust); (ii) a GMO Trust Class M Shares Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information (relating to Class M shares of five of the forty-seven series of the Trust); (iii) a Supplement Regarding Multiple Classes; and (iv) other information and the signature page. No information contained herein is intended to amend or supersede any prior filing relating to any other series of the Trust.
     This Amendment No. 129/160 is being filed in connection with the Trust’s annual update. Pursuant to the provisions of Rule 485(a)(1) under the Securities Act, it is intended that this Amendment No. 129/160 become effective sixty days after filing.
     If you have any questions or need any clarification concerning the foregoing or this transmission, please call the undersigned at (617) 951-7946 or Sarah Clinton of this office at (617) 951-7375.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Timothy R. Collins
Timothy R. Collins
Enclosures
     
cc:
  J.B. Kittredge, Esq., Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC
Jason Harrison, Esq., Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC
Thomas R. Hiller, Esq.
Elizabeth J. Reza, Esq.