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THE SALOMON BROTHERS FUND INC.
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ELLIOTT ASSOCIATES, L.P.                  ELLIOTT INTERNATIONAL, L.P.
c/o Elliott Management Corporation        c/o Bank of Bermuda (Cayman) Limited
712 Fifth Avenue                          Strathvale House, 2nd Floor
New York, New York  10019-4108            North Church Street
                                          George Town
                                          Grand Cayman Islands
                                          British West Indies

                 AN OPEN LETTER TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE SALOMON
                               BROTHERS FUND INC.


October 19, 2005

Mr. Andrew L. Breech
Ms. Carol L. Colman
Mr. William R. Dill
Mr. R. Jay Gerken, Chairman
Mr. William R. Hutchinson
Mr. Thomas F. Schlafly

Dear Directors of The Salomon Brothers Fund Inc (SBF):

In your October 13 letter to stockholders, you wrote:

          "If the new management  agreement is not approved by  shareholders  of
          the Fund, the Fund will face considerable  uncertainty and its ability
          to pursue its investment objectives may be disrupted for an indefinite
          period following consummation of the Transaction."

On behalf of all stockholders,  we are concerned about the level of rhetoric you
have now resorted to. Your October 13 letter also says that the Board's approval
of the new management  agreement came "after  consideration of all factors which
it determined  to be relevant to its  deliberations";  but your proxy  materials
dated  September  2, 2005 - which  contained a detailed  description  of fifteen
issues  considered  by the Board as well as fourteen  questions-and-answers  for
stockholders  - are silent on this  "uncertainty"  issue to which you now attach
such importance.  Why are you now trying to put pressure on stockholders over an
issue that you yourselves apparently did not consider relevant before?

The  stockholders,   however,  will  understand  that  there  will  be  no  real
uncertainty  for SBF unless the Board and Citigroup  create it by trying to push
ahead with the Legg Mason deal without  eliminating  the persistent  discount to
net asset value. Don't be surprised if stockholders hold you responsible for any
uncertainty.

Stop trying to scare the  stockholders  you have a  fiduciary  duty to protect -
even if their vote interferes with  Citigroup's  $3.7 billion  transaction  with
Legg Mason.

These scare  tactics are just the latest  example of SBF's  studied  campaign to
avoid talking to stockholders about the real issue -- stockholder value, or what
you recently dismissed as a "side show".



Unless and until you  consider  the  interests  of the  stockholders  to be your
paramount  interest as Directors and take adequate  steps to eliminate or nearly
eliminate  the  discount,  we will  continue  to urge SBF  stockholders  to vote
against the new management agreement at the October 21, 2005 Special Meeting, or
at any postponements or adjournments.


Sincerely yours,

/s/ Mark Levine

Mark Levine
Portfolio Manager