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February 22, 2008

VIA EDGAR

Securities and Exchange Commission
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Washington, D.C. 20549

Re:iShares, Inc.
   File Nos. 33-97598, 811-09102
   Post-Effective Amendment No. 53

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of iShares, Inc. (the "Company"), we hereby transmit for filing under
the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940,
Post-Effective Amendment No. 53 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
N-1A. This Amendment relates to the iShares MSCI Austria Index Fund and the
iShares MSCI Netherlands Index Fund and is being filed for the purpose of
updating performance and trustee information.

This amendment is being filed under Rule 485(a) and will become effective
automatically 60 days after filing. However, as we discussed in our telephone
conversation yesterday, the Company is submitting, concurrent with this
amendment, a request for acceleration of the effective date of this amendment
(and Post-Effective Amendment No. 52) to February 25, 2008.

If you have any questions, please call me at (202) 303-1203.

Sincerely,

/s/ Anthony A. Vertuno
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Anthony A. Vertuno

cc:Kevin Smith, Esq.
   Elliot Gluck, Esq.

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