MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT


                  AGREEMENT  made as of the 31st day of July,  1997 among  SMITH
BARNEY FUTURES MANAGEMENT INC., a Delaware  corporation  ("SBFM"),  SMITH BARNEY
DIVERSIFIED   FUTURES   FUND  L.P.,  a  New  York   limited   partnership   (the
"Partnership")  and  TELESIS  MANAGEMENT  INC.,  a  Delaware   corporation  (the
"Advisor").

                                               W I T N E S S E T H :

                  WHEREAS,   SBFM  is  the  general   partner  of  Smith  Barney
Diversified Futures Fund L.P., a limited  partnership  organized for the purpose
of speculative  trading of commodity  interests,  including  futures  contracts,
options  and forward  contracts  with the  objective  of  achieving  substantial
capital appreciation; and

                  WHEREAS,  the Limited Partnership  Agreement  establishing the
Partnership (the "Limited  Partnership  Agreement")  permits SBFM to delegate to
one or  more  commodity  trading  advisors  SBFM's  authority  to  make  trading
decisions for the Partnership; and

                  WHEREAS,  the Advisor is  registered  as a  commodity  trading
advisor with the Commodity Futures Trading  Commission  ("CFTC") and is a member
of the National Futures Association ("NFA"); and

                WHEREAS,  SBFM is registered  as a commodity  pool operator with
the CFTC and is a member of the NFA; and

                  WHEREAS,  SBFM, the  Partnership and the Advisor wish to enter
into this  Agreement in order to set forth the terms and  conditions  upon which
the Advisor will render and implement  advisory  services in connection with the
conduct by the Partnership of its commodity  trading  activities during the term
of this Agreement;

                  NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

                  1. DUTIES OF THE ADVISOR.  (a) For the period and on the terms
and  conditions of this  Agreement,  the Advisor  shall have sole  authority and
responsibility,  as one of the Partnership's agents and  attorneys-in-fact,  for
directing  the  investment  and  reinvestment  of the  assets  and  funds of the
Partnership  allocated  to it by the  General  Partner in  commodity  interests,
including commodity futures contracts,  options and forward contracts.  All such
trading on behalf of the  Partnership  shall be in  accordance  with the trading
strategies and trading policies set forth in the Partnership's  Prospectus dated
as of February 17, 1994, as supplemented (the "Prospectus"), and as such trading
policies  may be changed  from time to time upon receipt by the Advisor of prior
written notice of such change and pursuant to the trading  strategy  selected by
SBFM to be utilized by the Advisor in managing the  Partnership's  assets.  SBFM
has  initially   selected  the  Advisor's   Leveraged   Program  to  manage  the
Partnership's assets allocated to it. Any open positions or other investments at
the time of receipt of such  notice of a change in trading  policy  shall not be
deemed to violate the changed policy and shall be closed or sold in the ordinary
course of trading.  The Advisor may not deviate  from the trading  policies  set
forth in the  Prospectus  without the prior written  consent of the  Partnership
given by SBFM. The Advisor makes no  representation or warranty that the trading
to be directed by it for the  Partnership  will be  profitable or will not incur
losses.

                   (b) SBFM  acknowledges  receipt of the  Advisor's  Disclosure
Document  dated  March  31,  1997  as  filed  with  the  CFTC  (the  "Disclosure
Document").  All trades made by the  Advisor for the account of the  Partnership
shall be made through such commodity broker or brokers as SBFM shall direct, and
the  Advisor  shall  have  no  authority  or  responsibility  for  selecting  or
supervising  any such broker in  connection  with the  execution,  clearance  or
confirmation  of  transactions  for the  Partnership  or for the  negotiation of
brokerage rates charged therefor.  However, the Advisor,  with the prior written
permission  (by either  original or fax copy) of SBFM,  may direct all trades in
commodity  futures and options to a futures  commission  merchant or independent
floor broker it chooses for execution with instructions to give-up the trades to
the broker designated by SBFM,  provided that the futures commission merchant or
independent floor broker and any give-up or floor brokerage fees are approved in
advance by SBFM. All give-up or similar fees relating to the foregoing  shall be
paid by the  Partnership  after all parties have  executed the relevant  give-up
agreements (by either original or fax copy).

                   (c) The initial allocation of the Partnership's assets to the
Advisor  will be made to the  Advisor's  Leveraged  Program.  In the  event  the
Advisor wishes to use a trading system or methodology  other than or in addition
to  such  system  or  methodology  in  connection   with  its  trading  for  the
Partnership,  either in whole or in part,  it may not do so unless  the  Advisor
gives SBFM prior  written  notice of its  intention  to utilize  such  different
trading system or methodology and SBFM consents thereto in writing. In addition,
the Advisor will provide five days' prior  written  notice to SBFM of any change
in the trading system or methodology  to be utilized for the  Partnership  which
the  Advisor  deems  material.  If the  Advisor  deems such  change in system or
methodology  or in  markets  traded  to  be  material,  the  changed  system  or
methodology or markets traded will not be utilized for the  Partnership  without
the prior  written  consent of SBFM.  Further,  the  Advisor  will  provide  the
Partnership with a current list of all commodity  interests to be traded for the
Partnership's  account and the exchanges on which such commodity  interests will
be traded.  The Advisor will not trade  commodity  interests  on any  additional
exchanges  for  such  account  without  providing  notice  thereof  to SBFM  and
receiving SBFM's written approval. The Advisor will update the list of commodity
interests traded no less frequently than quarterly and will provide such updated
list to the  Partnership.  The Advisor also agrees to provide SBFM, on a monthly
basis,  with a written  report of the  assets  under  the  Advisor's  management
together with all other matters deemed by the Advisor to be material  changes to
its business not previously reported to SBFM.

                   (d) The Advisor  agrees to make all material  disclosures  to
the Partnership  regarding itself and its principals as defined in Part 4 of the
CFTC's  regulations  ("principals"),   shareholders,   directors,  officers  and
employees,  their trading performance and general trading methods,  its customer
accounts (but not the identities of or identifying  information  with respect to
its customers or the specific details of its trading  methodology) and otherwise
as are  required  in the  reasonable  judgment of SBFM to be made in any filings
required by Federal or state law or NFA rule or order.  Notwithstanding Sections
1(d) and 4(d) of this  Agreement,  the Advisor is not  required to disclose  the
actual trading results of proprietary  accounts of the Advisor or its principals
unless SBFM  reasonably  determines that such disclosure is required in order to
fulfill its fiduciary obligations to the Partnership or the reporting, filing or
other  obligations  imposed  on it by Federal or state law or NFA rule or order.
The Partnership and SBFM  acknowledge  that the trading advice to be provided by
the Advisor is a property right belonging to the Advisor and that they will keep
all such advice confidential.  Further, SBFM agrees to treat as confidential any
results of proprietary  accounts and/or proprietary  information with respect to
trading systems obtained from the Advisor.

                   (e)  The  Advisor   understands  and  agrees  that  SBFM  may
designate   other  trading   advisors  for  the  Partnership  and  apportion  or
reapportion  to such other trading  advisors the  management of an amount of Net
Assets (as defined in Section 3(b) hereof) as it shall determine in its absolute
discretion.  The designation of other trading advisors and the  apportionment or
reapportionment  of Net Assets to any such  trading  advisors  pursuant  to this
Section 1 shall neither  terminate  this  Agreement nor modify in any regard the
respective rights and obligations of the parties hereunder.

                   (f) SBFM may, from time to time, in its absolute  discretion,
select  additional  trading  advisors  and  reapportion  funds among the trading
advisors for the  Partnership as it deems  appropriate.  SBFM shall use its best
efforts to make  reapportionments,  if any, as of the first day of a month.  The
Advisor  agrees  that it may be called upon at any time  promptly  to  liquidate
positions  in  SBFM's  sole   discretion  so  that  SBFM  may   reallocate   the
Partnership's  assets,  meet margin  calls on the  Partnership's  account,  fund
redemptions,  or for any other  reason,  except  that SBFM will not  require the
liquidation of specific positions by the Advisor. SBFM will use its best efforts
to  give  two  days'  prior  notice  to  the  Advisor  of any  reallocations  or
liquidations.

                   (g) The Advisor will not be liable for trading  losses in the
Partnership's account including losses caused by errors; provided, however, that
(i) the  Advisor  will be  liable  to the  Partnership  with  respect  to losses
incurred  due to errors  committed or caused by it or any of its  principals  or
employees in communicating improper trading instructions or orders to any broker
on  behalf  of the  Partnership  and  (ii) the  Advisor  will be  liable  to the
Partnership with respect to losses incurred due to errors committed or caused by
any executing  broker (other than any SBFM  affiliate)  selected by the Advisor,
(it also being  understood that SBFM,  with the assistance of the Advisor,  will
first attempt to recover such losses from the executing broker).

                  2. INDEPENDENCE OF THE ADVISOR.  For all purposes herein,  the
Advisor shall be deemed to be an independent  contractor and,  unless  otherwise
expressly  provided  or  authorized,  shall  have  no  authority  to act  for or
represent the Partnership in any way and shall not be deemed an agent,  promoter
or sponsor of the Partnership,  SBFM, or any other trading advisor.  The Advisor
shall not be responsible to the Partnership,  the General  Partner,  any trading
advisor or any limited  partners for any acts or omissions of any other  trading
advisor no longer acting as an advisor to the Partnership.

                  3.  COMPENSATION.  (a) In consideration of and as compensation
for all of the services to be rendered by the Advisor to the  Partnership  under
this  Agreement,  the  Partnership  shall pay the Advisor (i) an  incentive  fee
payable  quarterly  equal to 20% of New Trading Profits (as such term is defined
below)  earned by the  Advisor  for the  Partnership  and (ii) a monthly fee for
professional  management  services  equal  to  1/6 of 1% (2%  per  year)  of the
month-end Net Assets of the Partnership allocated to the Advisor.

                   (b)  "Net  Assets"  shall  have  the  meaning  set  forth  in
Paragraph  7(d)(1) of the Limited  Partnership  Agreement dated as of August 27,
1993 and  without  regard to  further  amendments  thereto  (and as set forth in
Appendix  A  hereto),  provided  that  in  determining  the  Net  Assets  of the
Partnership   on  any  date,  no  adjustment   shall  be  made  to  reflect  any
distributions,  redemptions  or  incentive  fees  payable as of the date of such
determination.

                   (c) "New Trading  Profits" shall mean the excess,  if any, of
Net Assets  managed by the  Advisor  at the end of the  fiscal  period  over Net
Assets managed by the Advisor at the end of the highest  previous  fiscal period
or Net Assets allocated to the Advisor at the date trading commences,  whichever
is  higher,  and as  further  adjusted  to  eliminate  the  effect on Net Assets
resulting from new capital contributions,  redemptions, reallocations or capital
distributions,  if any, made during the fiscal  period  decreased by interest or
other  income,  not  directly  related  to  trading  activity,   earned  on  the
Partnership's  assets  during the  fiscal  period,  whether  the assets are held
separately  or in margin  accounts.  Ongoing  expenses will be attributed to the
Advisor  based  on the  Advisor's  proportionate  share of Net  Assets.  Ongoing
expenses  above will not  include  expenses  of  litigation  not  involving  the
activities of the Advisor on behalf of the Partnership. Ongoing expenses include
offering and organizational expenses of the Partnership.  No incentive fee shall
be paid until the end of the first full calendar  quarter of trading,  which fee
shall be based on New Trading Profits earned from the commencement of trading by
the  Advisor  on behalf of the  Partnership  through  the end of the first  full
calendar quarter. Interest income earned, if any, will not be taken into account
in computing New Trading Profits earned by the Advisor.  If Net Assets allocated
to the Advisor are reduced due to redemptions,  distributions  or  reallocations
(net of additions),  there will be a corresponding proportional reduction in the
related  loss  carryforward  amount that must be recouped  before the Advisor is
eligible to receive another incentive fee.

                   (d)  Quarterly  incentive  fees and monthly  management  fees
shall be paid within twenty (20) business days  following the end of the period,
as the  case  may be,  for  which  such  fee is  payable.  In the  event  of the
termination  of this  Agreement  as of any date which  shall not be the end of a
fiscal quarter or a calendar month, as the case may be, the quarterly  incentive
fee shall be computed as if the effective date of termination  were the last day
of the then current quarter and the monthly  management fee shall be prorated to
the effective date of termination.  If, during any month,  the Partnership  does
not conduct business operations or the Advisor is unable to provide the services
contemplated  herein for more than two  successive  business  days,  the monthly
management  fee shall be prorated by the ratio which the number of business days
during which SBFM conducted the  Partnership's  business  operations or utilized
the Advisor's  services  bears in the month to the total number of business days
in such month.

                   (e) The  provisions  of this  Paragraph  3 shall  survive the
termination of this Agreement.


                  4.  RIGHT TO  ENGAGE  IN OTHER  ACTIVITIES.  (a) The  services
provided by the Advisor  hereunder are not to be deemed  exclusive.  SBFM on its
own behalf and on behalf of the Partnership  acknowledges  that,  subject to the
terms of this Agreement, the Advisor and its officers, directors,  employees and
shareholder(s), may render advisory, consulting and management services to other
clients and  accounts.  The Advisor and its officers,  directors,  employees and
shareholder(s) shall be free to trade for their own accounts and to advise other
investors and manage other commodity  accounts during the term of this Agreement
and to use the same  information,  computer  programs  and  trading  strategies,
programs or formulas which they obtain, produce or utilize in the performance of
services to SBFM for the Partnership.  However, the Advisor represents, warrants
and agrees that it believes  the  rendering  of such  consulting,  advisory  and
management services to other accounts and entities will not require any material
change  in the  Advisor's  basic  trading  strategies  and will not  affect  the
capacity  of the  Advisor  to  continue  to  render  services  to  SBFM  for the
Partnership of the quality and nature contemplated by this Agreement.

                   (b) If, at any time  during the term of this  Agreement,  the
Advisor is required to aggregate the Partnership's  commodity positions with the
positions of any other person for purposes of applying CFTC- or exchange-imposed
speculative  position  limits,  the Advisor agrees that it will promptly  notify
SBFM if the  Partnership's  positions are included in an aggregate  amount which
exceeds the applicable  speculative  position limit. The Advisor agrees that, if
its  trading  recommendations  are  altered  because of the  application  of any
speculative  position limits,  it will not modify the trading  instructions with
respect to the Partnership's account in such manner as to affect the Partnership
substantially  disproportionately as compared with the Advisor's other accounts.
The Advisor further represents,  warrants and agrees that under no circumstances
will it  knowingly or  deliberately  use trading  strategies  or methods for the
Partnership  that are inferior to strategies  or methods  employed for any other
client or  account  and that it will not  knowingly  or  deliberately  favor any
client or account  managed by it over any other client or account in any manner,
it being acknowledged, however, that different trading strategies or methods may
be utilized for differing  sizes of accounts,  accounts with  different  trading
policies,  accounts  experiencing  differing  inflows  or  outflows  of  equity,
accounts  which  commence  trading  at  different  times,  accounts  which  have
different  portfolios or different fiscal years,  accounts  utilizing  different
executing brokers and accounts with other differences, and that such differences
may cause divergent trading results.

                   (c) It is acknowledged  that the Advisor and/or its officers,
employees,  directors and  shareholder(s)  presently  act, and it is agreed that
they may continue to act, as advisor for other accounts managed by them, and may
continue to receive  compensation  with respect to services for such accounts in
amounts  which  may  be  more  or  less  than  the  amounts  received  from  the
Partnership.

                   (d) The Advisor  agrees  that it shall make such  information
available to SBFM  respecting the  performance of the  Partnership's  account as
compared  to the  performance  of other  accounts  managed by the Advisor or its
principals as shall be  reasonably  requested by SBFM (but the Advisor shall not
be  required to disclose  the  identities  of or  identifying  information  with
respect to its  customers or the specific  details of its trading  methodology).
The Advisor presently believes and represents that existing speculative position
limits  will  not  materially   adversely  affect  its  ability  to  manage  the
Partnership's  account given the potential size of the Partnership's account and
the Advisor's and its principals' current accounts and all proposed accounts for
which they have contracted to act as trading manager.

                  5. TERM.  (a) This  Agreement  shall  continue in effect until
June 30,  1998.  SBFM may,  in its sole  discretion,  renew this  Agreement  for
additional  one-year  periods  upon  notice to the Advisor not less than 30 days
prior to the expiration of the previous  period.  At any time during the term of
this Agreement, SBFM may terminate this Agreement at any month-end upon 30 days'
notice to the Advisor.  At any time during the term of this Agreement,  SBFM may
elect to  immediately  terminate  this  Agreement  upon 30 days'  notice  to the
Advisor  if (i) the Net Asset  Value per Unit  shall  decline as of the close of
business  on any day to $400 or  less;  (ii)  the Net  Assets  allocated  to the
Advisor (adjusted for redemptions, distributions,  withdrawals or reallocations,
if any)  decline  by 50% or more as of the end of a  trading  day from  such Net
Assets'  previous  highest value;  (iii) limited partners owning at least 50% of
the  outstanding  Units shall vote to require SBFM to terminate this  Agreement;
(iv) the Advisor fails to comply with the terms of this Agreement;  (v) SBFM, in
good faith,  reasonably  determines that the performance of the Advisor has been
such that SBFM's fiduciary  duties to the Partnership  require SBFM to terminate
this  Agreement;  or (vi)  SBFM  reasonably  believes  that the  application  of
speculative  position  limits will  substantially  affect the performance of the
Partnership.  At any time  during  the term of this  Agreement,  SBFM may  elect
immediately to terminate this Agreement if (i) the Advisor merges,  consolidates
with  another  entity,  sells a  substantial  portion of its assets,  or becomes
bankrupt or insolvent, except as provided in Section 10 hereof, (ii) Richard and
Eric Sanborn die, become incapacitated,  leave the employ of the Advisor,  cease
to control the Advisor or are  otherwise  not managing  the trading  programs or
systems of the  Advisor,  or (iii) the  Advisor's  registration  as a  commodity
trading  advisor  with  the  CFTC  or its  membership  in the  NFA or any  other
regulatory   authority,   is  terminated  or  suspended.   This  Agreement  will
immediately  terminate upon  dissolution of the Partnership or upon cessation of
trading prior to dissolution.

                   (b) The Advisor may  terminate  this  Agreement by giving not
less than 30 days' notice to SBFM (i) in the event that the trading  policies of
the  Partnership  as set forth in the Prospectus are changed in such manner that
the Advisor  reasonably  believes will adversely  affect the  performance of its
trading  strategies;  (ii) after June 30,  1998;  or (iii) in the event that the
General Partner or Partnership fails to comply with the terms of this Agreement.
The Advisor may immediately terminate this Agreement if SBFM's registration as a
commodity pool operator or its membership in the NFA is terminated or suspended.

                   (c)  Except as  otherwise  provided  in this  Agreement,  any
termination of this  Agreement in accordance  with this Paragraph 5 or Paragraph
1(e) shall be without penalty or liability to any party, except for any fees due
to the Advisor pursuant to Section 3 hereof.

                  6.  INDEMNIFICATION.  (a)(i)  In any  threatened,  pending  or
completed action,  suit, or proceeding to which the Advisor was or is a party or
is  threatened  to be made a party  arising  out of or in  connection  with this
Agreement or the  management of the  Partnership's  assets by the Advisor or the
offering  and  sale  of  units  in  the  Partnership,  SBFM  shall,  subject  to
subparagraph  (a)(iii) of this  Paragraph  6,  indemnify  and hold  harmless the
Advisor against any loss, liability,  damage, cost, expense (including,  without
limitation,  attorneys' and  accountants'  fees),  judgments and amounts paid in
settlement  actually  and  reasonably  incurred  by it in  connection  with such
action,  suit,  or proceeding if the Advisor acted in good faith and in a manner
reasonably  believed  to be in or not  opposed  to  the  best  interests  of the
Partnership,  and  provided  that its  conduct  did not  constitute  negligence,
intentional  misconduct,  or a  breach  of  its  fiduciary  obligations  to  the
Partnership as a commodity  trading advisor,  unless and only to the extent that
the court or administrative forum in which such action or suit was brought shall
determine upon  application  that,  despite the adjudication of liability but in
view of all  circumstances  of the case,  the  Advisor is fairly and  reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court or administrative forum
shall  deem  proper;  and  further  provided  that no  indemnification  shall be
available from the Partnership if such  indemnification is prohibited by Section
16 of the  Partnership  Agreement.  The  termination  of  any  action,  suit  or
proceeding  by  judgment,  order or  settlement  shall not, of itself,  create a
presumption  that  the  Advisor  did  not  act in  good  faith  and in a  manner
reasonably  believed  to be in or not  opposed  to  the  best  interests  of the
Partnership.

                   (ii) Without limiting  sub-paragraph (i) above, to the extent
that the Advisor has been  successful  on the merits or  otherwise in defense of
any action,  suit or proceeding  referred to in  subparagraph  (i) above,  or in
defense of any claim,  issue or matter therein,  SBFM shall indemnify it against
the expenses (including,  without limitation,  attorneys' and accountants' fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by it in connection therewith.

                   (iii)  Any  indemnification  under  subparagraph  (i)  above,
unless ordered by a court or administrative forum, shall be made by SBFM only as
authorized in the specific  case and only upon a  determination  by  independent
legal counsel in a written  opinion that such  indemnification  is proper in the
circumstances because the Advisor has met the applicable standard of conduct set
forth in  subparagraph  (i)  above.  Such  independent  legal  counsel  shall be
selected by SBFM in a timely manner,  subject to the Advisor's  approval,  which
approval shall not be unreasonably  withheld. The Advisor will be deemed to have
approved SBFM's selection unless the Advisor notifies SBFM in writing,  received
by SBFM within five days of SBFM's  telecopying  to the Advisor of the notice of
SBFM's selection, that the Advisor does not approve the selection.

                   (iv) In the event the  Advisor  is made a party to any claim,
dispute or litigation or otherwise incurs any loss or expense as a result of, or
in connection with, the Partnership's or SBFM's activities or claimed activities
unrelated to the Advisor,  SBFM shall  indemnify,  defend and hold  harmless the
Advisor against any loss, liability, damage, cost or expense (including, without
limitation, attorneys' and accountants' fees) incurred in connection therewith.

                   (v) As used in this Paragraph 6(a), the terms "Advisor" shall
include the Advisor,  its  principals,  officers,  directors,  stockholders  and
employees and the term "SBFM" shall include the Partnership.

                  (b)(i)  The  Advisor  agrees  to  indemnify,  defend  and hold
harmless SBFM, the Partnership and their affiliates against any loss, liability,
damage,  cost  or  expense  (including,   without  limitation,   attorneys'  and
accountants'  fees),  judgments  and amounts  paid in  settlement  actually  and
reasonably  incurred  by them  (A) as a result  of the  material  breach  of any
material  representations  and warranties made by the Advisor in this Agreement,
or (B) as a  result  of any  act or  omission  of the  Advisor  relating  to the
Partnership if there has been a final judicial or regulatory  determination  or,
in the event of a settlement of any action or proceeding  with the prior written
consent of the Advisor, a written opinion of an arbitrator pursuant to Paragraph
14 hereof, to the effect that such acts or omissions  violated the terms of this
Agreement  in  any  material   respect  or  involved   negligence,   bad  faith,
recklessness  or  intentional  misconduct on the part of the Advisor  (except as
otherwise provided in Section 1(g)).

                   (ii) In the  event  SBFM,  the  Partnership  or any of  their
affiliates  is made a party to any claim,  dispute or  litigation  or  otherwise
incurs any loss or expense as a result of, or in connection with, the activities
or claimed  activities of the Advisor or its  principals,  officers,  directors,
shareholder(s) or employees  unrelated to SBFM's or the Partnership's  business,
the Advisor shall  indemnify,  defend and hold harmless SBFM, the Partnership or
any of their affiliates  against any loss,  liability,  damage,  cost or expense
(including,  without  limitation,  attorneys' and accountants' fees) incurred in
connection therewith.

                   (c) In the event that a person  entitled  to  indemnification
under this Paragraph 6 is made a party to an action, suit or proceeding alleging
both matters for which  indemnification  can be made  hereunder  and matters for
which  indemnification  may  not  be  made  hereunder,   such  person  shall  be
indemnified  only for that  portion  of the  loss,  liability,  damage,  cost or
expense incurred in such action, suit or proceeding which relates to the matters
for which indemnification can be made.

                   (d) None of the indemnifications  contained in this Paragraph
6 shall be applicable with respect to default judgments, confessions of judgment
or settlements  entered into by the party claiming  indemnification  without the
prior written consent,  which shall not be unreasonably  withheld,  of the party
obligated to indemnify such party.

                   (e) The  provisions  of this  Paragraph  6 shall  survive the
termination of this Agreement.

                  7.  REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS.

                   (a) The Advisor represents and warrants that:

                   (i) All  references to the Advisor and its  principals in the
Advisor's  Disclosure  Document are accurate in all material  respects and as to
them the Disclosure Document does not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact which is necessary to make the  statements
therein not misleading.

                   (ii) The performance  information in the Disclosure  Document
is based on all of the customer accounts managed on a discretionary basis by the
Advisor's principals and/or the Advisor during the period covered by such tables
and required to be disclosed therein.

                   (iii)  The  Advisor  will be acting  as a  commodity  trading
advisor  with  respect to the  Partnership  and not as a  securities  investment
adviser and is duly registered with the CFTC as a commodity trading advisor,  is
a member of the NFA,  and is in  compliance  with such  other  registration  and
licensing  requirements  as shall be  necessary  to  enable  it to  perform  its
obligations  hereunder,  and agrees to maintain and renew such registrations and
licenses during the term of this Agreement.

                   (iv) The Advisor is a  corporation  duly  organized,  validly
existing  and in good  standing  under the laws of the State of Delaware and has
full  power and  authority  to enter  into this  Agreement  and to  provide  the
services required of it hereunder.

                   (v) The Advisor  will not,  by acting as a commodity  trading
advisor to the  Partnership,  breach or cause to be  breached  any  undertaking,
agreement,  contract,  statute,  rule or regulation to which it is a party or by
which it is bound.

                   (vi) This  Agreement  has been duly and  validly  authorized,
executed  and  delivered  by the Advisor  and is a valid and  binding  agreement
enforceable in accordance with its terms.

                   (vii) At any time  during the term of this  Agreement  that a
prospectus  relating to the Units is required to be delivered in connection with
the offer and sale  thereof,  the  Advisor  agrees  upon the  request of SBFM to
provide the Partnership  with such information as shall be necessary so that, as
to the Advisor and its principals, such prospectus is accurate.

                   (b)  SBFM   represents   and  warrants  for  itself  and  the
Partnership that:

                    (i) It is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing  under the laws of the State of Delaware and has full corporate
power and authority to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

                   (ii) SBFM and the Partnership have the capacity and authority
to enter into this Agreement on behalf of the Partnership.

                  (iii) This  Agreement  has been duly and  validly  authorized,
executed and delivered on SBFM's and the Partnership's behalf and is a valid and
binding agreement of SBFM and the Partnership enforceable in accordance with its
terms.

                   (iv) SBFM will not,  by  acting  as  General  Partner  to the
Partnership  and the  Partnership  will not,  breach or cause to be breached any
undertaking,  agreement,  contract, statute, rule or regulation to which it is a
party or by which  it is  bound  which  would  materially  limit or  affect  the
performance of its duties under this Agreement.

                    (v) It is registered  as a commodity  pool operator and is a
member  of the  NFA,  and it will  maintain  and  renew  such  registration  and
membership during the term of this Agreement.

                   (vi) The Partnership is a limited  partnership duly organized
and validly  existing under the laws of the State of New York and has full power
and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations  under
this Agreement.

                8. COVENANTS OF THE ADVISOR,  SBFM AND THE PARTNERSHIP.  (a) The
Advisor agrees -------------------------------------------------- as follows:

                   (i) In  connection  with  its  activities  on  behalf  of the
Partnership,  the Advisor will comply with all applicable  rules and regulations
of the CFTC and/or the commodity exchange on which any particular transaction is
executed.

                   (ii)  The   Advisor   will   promptly   notify  SBFM  of  the
commencement of any material suit, action or proceeding involving it, whether or
not any such suit, action or proceeding also involves SBFM.

                   (iii)  In the  placement  of  orders  for  the  Partnership's
account and for the  accounts of any other  client,  the Advisor  will utilize a
pre-determined, systematic, fair and reasonable order entry system, which shall,
on an overall basis, be no less favorable to the  Partnership  than to any other
account  managed by the Advisor.  The Advisor  acknowledges  its  obligation  to
review the Partnership's positions,  prices and equity in the account managed by
the Advisor daily and within two business days to notify, in writing, the broker
and SBFM and the Partnership's brokers of (i) any error committed by the Advisor
or its  principals or employees;  (ii) any trade which the Advisor  believes was
not executed in accordance with its instructions; and (iii) any discrepancy with
a value of  $10,000  or more (due to  differences  in the  positions,  prices or
equity in the account)  between its records and the information  reported on the
account's daily and monthly broker statements.


                (iv) The  Advisor  will  maintain  a net  worth of not less than
$300,000 during the term of this Agreement.

                   (b) SBFM agrees for itself and the Partnership that:

                   (i) SBFM and the Partnership  will comply with all applicable
rules and  regulations  of the CFTC and/or the  commodity  exchange on which any
particular transaction is executed.

                   (ii)  SBFM  will   promptly   notify   the   Advisor  of  the
commencement  of any material  suit,  action or  proceeding  involving it or the
Partnership,  whether or not such suit,  action or proceeding  also involves the
Advisor.

                  9. COMPLETE AGREEMENT.  This Agreement  constitutes the entire
agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof.

                  10.  ASSIGNMENT.  This  Agreement  may not be  assigned by any
party without the express written consent of the other parties.

                  11. AMENDMENT. This Agreement may not be amended except by the
written consent of the parties.

                  12. NOTICES.  All notices,  demands or requests required to be
made or  delivered  under  this  Agreement  shall be in  writing  and  delivered
personally  or by  registered  or certified  mail or expedited  courier,  return
receipt  requested,  postage  prepaid,  to the addresses  below or to such other
addresses  as may be  designated  by the party  entitled  to receive the same by
notice similarly given:

                  If to SBFM:

                           Smith Barney Futures Management Inc.
                           390 Greenwich Street
                           1st Floor
                           New York, New York  10013
                           Attention:  David J. Vogel

                  If to the Advisor:

                           Telesis Management Inc.
                           1525 State Street
                           Suite 100
                           Santa Barbara, California  93101
                           Attention:  Eric Sanborn

                  with a copy to:

                           Patricia Gillman, Esq.
                           Schiff Hardin & White
                           7200 Sears Tower
                           Chicago, Illinois  60606

                  13.  GOVERNING  LAW. This  Agreement  shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

                  14.  ARBITRATION.  The  parties  agree  that  any  dispute  or
controversy  arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the  interpretation
thereof,  shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the rules,  then in
effect,  of  the  National  Futures  Association  or,  if the  National  Futures
Association shall refuse  jurisdiction,  then in accordance with the rules, then
in effect, of the American Arbitration Association;  provided, however, that the
power of the  arbitrator  shall be limited to  interpreting  this  Agreement  as
written  and the  arbitrator  shall  state in writing his reasons for his award.
Judgment  upon any award made by the  arbitrator  may be entered in any court of
competent jurisdiction.

                  15. NO THIRD  PARTY  BENEFICIARIES.  There are no third  party
beneficiaries to this Agreement.


                  IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  this Agreement has been executed for and
on behalf of the undersigned as of the day and year first above written.

                                                     SMITH BARNEY FUTURES
                  MANAGEMENT INC.


                                                     By________________________
                                                     David J. Vogel
                                                     President and Director


                                                     SMITH BARNEY DIVERSIFIED
                                                     FUTURES FUND L.P.


                                                     By: Smith Barney
                                                         Futures Management Inc.
                                                         (General Partner)


                                                     By________________________
                                                     David J. Vogel
                                                     President and Director


                                                     TELESIS MANAGEMENT INC.

                                                     By_________________________
                                      Name:
                                     Title:



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                                               Appendix A

                  Net Assets. NET ASSETS of the Partnership shall mean the total
assets of the  Partnership  including all cash,  plus Treasury  Bills at market,
accrued  interest,  and  the  market  value  of  all  open  commodity  positions
maintained by the Partnership, less brokerage charges accrued and less all other
liabilities of the Partnership, determined in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles under the accrual basis of accounting.



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0309369.02

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ABC


TO:               Eric Sanborn

FROM:             Rita M. Molesworth

RE:               Smith Barney Diversified Futures Fund L.P. (the "Fund")

DATED:            July 31, 1997

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                  Enclosed please find three execution  copies of the management
agreement  between  the  Fund and  Telesis  Management  Inc.  Please  sign  each
agreement  and forward them to Dan Dantuono at Smith  Barney.  A fully  executed
original will be returned to you for your files.

                  Please  telephone  me at  212-821-8727  with any  comments  or
questions.



                                     R.M.M.

cc:  Daniel A. Dantuono
     Emily M. Zeigler
     Patricia Gillman