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September 11, 2015

VIA EDGAR

 

Re:		The Carlyle Group L.P. Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2014 Filed February 26, 2015 File No. 001-35538

Mr. Hugh West

Accounting Branch Chief

Office of Financial Services II

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Dear Mr. West:

The Carlyle Group L.P. (the “Company”) is aware of its obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

The Company acknowledges that:

 

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the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filings;

 

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staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filings; and

 

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the Company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.