Judith Burns, an SEC spokeswoman in Washington, declined to comment about the letter, which was reported earlier by Politico.

OppenheimerFunds in December agreed, along with other mutual funds and hedge funds, to take a 15 percent loss on Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority debt that it holds. The firm is also negotiating with the commonwealth on other potential debt restructurings that may require a loss of principal.

Puerto Rico and its agencies, which are $70 billion in debt, owe $2 billion on July 1, which Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla has said the island cannot pay unless creditors agree to restructuring deals. The commonwealth’s Government Development Bank defaulted on nearly $400 million of debt May 2, the largest such payment failure for the island.

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