Eric

I do NOT want to announce this when it happens.  We have been quietly 
avoiding how much activity we have done so far and many people assume that we 
already have done many...an assumption that helps us.  So please do NOT issue 
this.





Eric Thode@ENRON
12/04/2000 04:19 PM
To: Jeffrey McMahon/HOU/ECT@ECT, Raymond Bowen/HOU/ECT@ECT, Tim 
Battaglia/NA/Enron@Enron, Greg Hermans/Corp/Enron@Enron, Mark 
Frevert/NA/Enron@Enron, Greg Whalley/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc:  
Subject: DRAFT PRESS RELEASE: Enron Announces First Financial Swaps Products 
for Steel Industry

Attached is a draft press release for the steel group.  Please review and 
provide any comments to me by Wednesday, December 6 at noon.  Upon approval 
by EIM/EWS, I will route to corporate PR and corporate IR for final 
approvals.  If you have any questions or comments, please call me at ext. 
3-9053.

Eric