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<ARTICLE> 6
<LEGEND>
This Schedule contains summary financial information extracted from Allied
Capital Corporation II and subsidiaries' consolidated balance sheet and
consolidated statements of operations, changes in net asets and cash flows and
is qualified in its entirety by reference to such form 10q for the nine months
ended September 30, 1997.
</LEGEND>
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
       
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<INVESTMENTS-AT-VALUE>                          71,746
<RECEIVABLES>                                        0
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<OVERDISTRIBUTION-GAINS>                             0
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<EQUALIZATION>                                       0
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<DISTRIBUTIONS-OF-GAINS>                             0
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