EX-99.77B ACCT LTTR 2 q77b_auditreport1.htm AUDITOR OPINION REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTSREPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTSREPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

TO ACCOMPANY FORM N-SAR

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To the Trustees of Fidelity Phillips Street Trust:

In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements and

financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") of the

Funds of Fidelity Phillips Street Trust: Fidelity Cash Reserves and Fidelity

U.S. Government Reserves for the year ended November 30, 2002 we considered

their internal control, including control activities for safeguarding

securities, in order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of

expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the

requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide assurance on internal control.

The management of the Trust is responsible for establishing and

maintaining internal control. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and

judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related

costs of controls. Generally, controls that are relevant to an audit pertain to

the entity's objective of preparing financial statements for external purposes

that are fairly presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting

principles. Those controls include the safeguarding of assets against

unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition.

Because of inherent limitations in internal control, misstatements due to

errors or fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, projection of any

evaluation of internal control to future periods is subject to the risk that it

may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the effectiveness

of the design and operation may deteriorate.

Our consideration of internal control would not necessarily disclose all

matters in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards

established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A

material weakness is a condition in which the design or operation of any

specific internal control component does not reduce to a relatively low level

the risk that misstatements due to errors or fraud in amounts that would be

material in relation to the financial statements being audited may occur and not

be detected within a timely period by employees in the normal course of

performing their assigned functions. However, we noted no matters involving

internal control and its operation, including controls over safeguarding

securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of

November 30, 2002.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management

and the Trustees of the Trust and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

January 2, 2003