Putnam Investments
                                                  One Post Office Square
                                                  Boston, MA 02109
                                                  February 5, 2001

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

RE: Putnam Asia Pacific Growth Fund (Reg. No. 33-37528 ) (811-6202)
    (the "Fund")
    Post-Effective Amendment No. 11 to Registration Statement on
    Form N-1A

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Fund hereby certifies that the form of Prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information that would have been filed on behalf of the Fund
pursuant to Rule 497(c) upon the effectiveness of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 11 to the Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (the
"Amendment") would not have differed from that contained in the
Amendment, which is the most recent amendment to such Registration
Statement and was filed electronically on January 29, 2001.

Comments or questions concerning this certificate may be directed to
Gregory L Pickard at 1-800-225-2465, ext. 17122.

                                         Very truly yours,

                                         Putnam Asia Pacific Growth Fund

                                         /s/ Gordon H. Silver
                                     By: -------------------------------
                                         Gordon H. Silver
                                         Vice President

cc: Greg Pusch, Esq.