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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000871763-11-000014
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110329

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MANPOWER INC /WI/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000871763
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-HELP SUPPLY SERVICES [7363]
		IRS NUMBER:				391672779
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 MANPOWER PLACE
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53212
		BUSINESS PHONE:		414 961-1000

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		STREET 1:		100 MANPOWER PLACE
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53212
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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I am providing the following response to the comments raised in your letter dated March 17, 2011, regarding the above-referenced filing.&#160;&#160;Set forth below are the comments from your letter (in bold) and our responses thereto.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">As you noted, in our discussion of cash sources and uses, we indicate that we may repatriate additional funds in the future as cash needs arise.&#160;&#160;We had included this additional disclosure to indicate that from a liquidity perspective, there were no restrictions on remitting additional funds and that these unremitted funds were available for repatriation if our liquidity situation ever required it in the future.&#160;&#160;This additional disclosure was not meant to indicate that we had an intention of ever remitting these additional funds.&#160;&#160;As we have no intention of remitting these additional funds, we did not estimate the potential tax impact of repatriating any of these additional amounts and therefore did not include them in our disclosures.</font></div>

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