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EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Conrad F. Hocking, certify that:



|1. |  | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Hechinger
Liquidation Trust;                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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|2. |  | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
this report;
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|3. |  | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, changes in financial condition
and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
this report;          
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|4. |  | I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for
the registrant and have:                                                                                                                              



| | a) |  | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision,
to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,
including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others
within those entities, particularly during the period in which this
report is being prepared;
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| | b) |  | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls
and procedures and presented in this report my conclusions
about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as
of the end of the period covered by this report based on such
evaluation; and                                                                                           
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| | c) |  | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal
control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants
most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal
control over financial reporting.                                                                   



|5. |  | I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control
over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and representatives
of the Committee:
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| | a) |  | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to
record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
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| | b) |  | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in the registrants
internal control over financial reporting.                                                                                               

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|Date: August 14, 2003 |  | By: |  | /s/ |  | Conrad F.
Hocking                    
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Liquidation Trustee

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