Exhibit 4(e)

                                SUPPLEMENT NO. 1

                                     TO THE

                                   INDENTURE,

                         DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 17, 1995,

                                     BETWEEN

                         MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

                                       AND

                             CITIBANK, N.A., TRUSTEE

                                       FOR

                             SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES



     THIS SUPPLEMENT NO. 1, dated as of October 4, 1996 ("Supplement No. 1"), to
the  Indenture,  dated as of February 17, 1995,  (the  "Indenture")  between MCI
Communications  Corporation,  a  Delaware  corporation  (hereinafter  called the
"Company"),  with an office at 1801 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington,  D.C.
20006, and CITIBANK,  N.A., a national banking association duly incorporated and
existing under the laws of the United States, as Trustee under the Indenture.

     WHEREAS,  pursuant to Section 1101(6) of the Indenture, the Company desires
to amend  certain  provisions  contained in the  Indenture to conform them to an
existing  credit  facility;  WHEREAS,  the  parties  hereto  agree to amend such
provisions of the Indenture;  NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the mutual
covenants   and   promises   set  forth  herein  and  other  good  and  valuable
consideration,  the  adequacy and receipt of which is hereby  acknowledged,  the
parties agree to amend the Indenture as follows:  

     1. In Article 1, at the end of the  definition  of  Indebtedness  after the
words "such Person" insert the words ";  provided,  however,  that  Indebtedness
shall not  include  obligations  of a Person  which are owed to a trust or other
special purpose entity all of whose common equity is beneficially  owned by such
Person".

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     2. In the fourth line of Section 501(7) delete the number "$50,000,000" and
insert the number "$75,000,000".


     3. In the eighth  line of  Section  1208(d)  delete  the number  "1993" and
insert the number "1995".

     4. In the third line of the last  paragraph of Section 1208 after the words
"equity  investments,"  insert the words "intercompany  receivables (but only if
the  receivables in question are being  transferred to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries),".

     5. This Supplement No. 1 shall be effective as of the date hereof, but only
with respect to Debt  Securities  initially  issued  under the  Indenture on and
after the date hereof.

     6. Capitalized  terms not otherwise  defined in this Supplement No. 1 shall
have the meanings  provided for in the Indenture.  This  Supplement No. 1 may be
executed in  counterparts,  each of which  together will  constitute one and the
same instrument.

     7. This  Supplement  No. 1 shall be deemed to be a contract  made and to be
performed  entirely  in the State of New  York,  and for all  purposes  shall be
governed by and  construed  in  accordance  with the laws of said State  without
regard to the conflicts of law rules of said State.

     8.  Except as  modified  herein,  all other  terms  and  conditions  of the
Indenture remain unchanged.




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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplement No. 1 to
the Indenture to be executed as of the date first written above.


                                         MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION



                                         BY:  /s/ Jonelle St. John
                                              ---------------------------
                                       NAME:   Jonelle St. John
[CORPORATE SEAL]                      TITLE:   Vice President and Treasurer


Attest:


BY:           /s/ C. Bolton-Smith, Jr.
              ----------------------------
NAME:         C. Bolton-Smith, Jr.
TITLE:         Secretary


                                                 CITIBANK, N.A., as Trustee


                                             BY:  /s/ Carol Ng
                                                 --------------------------
                                           NAME:  Carol Ng
[CORPORATE SEAL]                          TITLE:  Vice President


Attest:


BY:           /s/ F. Mills
              ---------------------
NAME:           F. Mills
TITLE:          Senior Trust Officer