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                                   TEKTRONIX, INC.
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THE FOLLOWING WAS TRANSMITTED TO EMPLOYEES OF TEKTRONIX, INC. 
ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1996


Subject:  United Food and Commercial Workers proxy materials. 
From:     Vince Chiappetta, Vice President and General Counsel

     Some participants in the Company's 401(k) retirement plan
may be receiving proxy solicitation materials from the United
Food and Commercial Workers Local 99 ("UFCW"), Phoenix,
Arizona, concerning three shareholder proposals the UFCW may
submit at the Company's annual meeting later this month.

     The Company has not given any 401(k) participant's name
or account information to the UFCW.  As permitted by the rules
of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the UFCW sent their
materials to the Company and paid for the mailing by the
Company to the group of plan participants designated by the
UFCW.  The UFCW has instructed that their materials be mailed
to the top 1,700 plan participants in terms of the number of
Company shares held in participants' accounts.  No list of
names was given to the UFCW.  The UFCW mailing relates to
soliciting the participants' votes concerning the shares held
in their 401(k) accounts.  It has nothing to do with the
401(k) plan or other aspects of the individual accounts.

     The UFCW, which indicates it holds 25 shares of Company
stock, is involved in a labor dispute with Albertson's, a
large retail chain with its headquarters in Boise, Idaho. 
This dispute is between the UFCW and Albertson's, and has
nothing to do with Tektronix.  The UFCW is engaged in a
program of disrupting the annual meeting process of
corporations that have links to Albertson's.  One of
Tektronix' directors is also a director of Albertson's.  The
Company understands that the UFCW has acquired a small amount
of stock in and made shareholder proposals at six other
companies that have directors who also serve on the board of
directors of Albertson's.

     The specific shareholder proposals that may be raised by
the UFCW are described on page 20 of the Company's proxy
materials mailed to all shareholders, including employees
holding through the 401(k) plan, on August 26.  The proposals
were not discussed in detail in the Company's proxy materials
because at the time, it was not clear whether, and to whom,
the UFCW would actually ask the Company to mail their
proposals, and whether their proposals would change.

     Now that the UFCW has asked the Company to mail their
materials, the Company will soon be distributing additional
proxy materials to all shareholders relating to these
proposals.  If you own shares directly in addition to shares
held in your 401(k) account, you will receive a separate set
of proxy materials from Tektronix for each account. We urge
you to review the Company materials before taking any action
on the UFCW's proxy card.  If you have any questions, contact
Paul Montgomery in our law department, at 503-685-4234.