Item 1. Business.
	 Omitted pursuant to the exemption request to the Office of Chief 	 Counsel of the Division of Corporation Finance, Securities and 	 Exchange Commission, dated December 23, 1996, (the "Exemption 	 Request") with respect to series of mortgage pass-through 	 certificates (collectively, the "Mortgage Pass-Through 	 Certificates"), each series being issued pusuant to a Pooling and 	 Servicing Agreement (collectively, the "Pooling and Servicing 	 Agreements") between the registrant, a servicer (the "Servicer"), 	 master servicer(the "Master Servicer"), or securities 	 administrator (the "Securities Administrator") and a trustee 	 (the "Trustee").
Item 2.
Item 2. Properties.
	 Not applicable.
Item 3.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
	 The registrant knows of no material pending legal proceedings 	 involving the trusts created under the Pooling and Servicing 	 Agreement (the "Trusts"), the Trustee, the Servicer or the 	 registrant with respect to the Trusts other than routine 	 litigation incidental to the duties of the respective parties 	 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreements.
Item 4.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
	 None.
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Item 5.
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related 	 Stockholder Matters. (Subsection references herein refer to 	 Section 201 of Regulation S-K.)
	 (a) No established public trading market for the Certificates 	 exists.
	 (b) As of December 31, 1996, the number of registered holders of 	 the Certificates was 22.
	 (c) Omitted pursuant to the Exemption Request.
Item 6.
Item 6. Selected Financial Data.
	 Omitted pursuant to the Exemption Request.
Item 7.
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial 	 Condition and Results of Operations.
	 Omitted pursuant to the Exemption Request.
Item 8.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
	 Omitted pursuant to the Exemption Request.
Item 9.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on 	 Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
	 None.
				PART III
Item 10.
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant.
	 Not applicable.
Item 11.
Item 11. Executive Compensation.
	 Not applicable.
Item 12.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.
	 Not applicable.
Item 13.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.
	 Not applicable.
				 PART IV
Item 14.
Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K
	 (a) Exhibits
	 99.1 Annual Independent Accountants' Servicing Reports 		 concerning servicing activities under the Pooling and 		 Servicing Agreements for the year ended December 31, 		 1996, in accordance with the Exemption Request.
		 (a) Chase Manhattan, as Servicer 		 (b) Homeside Lending, Inc., as Servicer 		 (c) Nationsbanc Mortgage Corp., as Servicer 		 (d) Norwest Mortgage, Inc., as Servicer
	 99.2 Report of Management as to Compliance with Minimum 		 Servicing Standards for the year ended December 31, 		 1996, in accordance with the Exemption Request.
		 (a) Chase Manhattan, as Servicer 		 (b) Homeside Lending, Inc., as Servicer 		 (c) Nationsbanc Mortgage Corp., as Servicer 		 (d) Norwest Mortgage, Inc., as Servicer
	 99.3 Annual Statements of Compliance under the Pooling and 		 Servicing Agreements for the year ended December 31, 		 1996, in accordance with the Exemption Request.
		 (a) Chase Manhattan, as Servicer 		 (b) Homeside Lending, Inc., as Servicer 		 (c) Nationsbanc Mortgage Corp., as Servicer 		 (d) Norwest Mortgage, Inc., as Servicer
	 (b) On October 8, 1996, November 14, 1996, and December 13, 1996, 	 reports on Form 8-K were filed by the Company in order to 	 provide the statements for the monthly distributions to 	 holders of the Certificates. No other reports on Form 8-K 	 have been filed during the last quarter of the period covered 	 by this report.
	 (c) Not applicable.
	 (d) Omitted pursuant to the Exemption request.
Pursuant to the Exemption request, such document (i) is not filed herewith since such document was not received by the Reporting Person at least three business days prior to the due date of this report; and (ii) will be included in an amendment to this report on Form 10-K/A to be filed within 30 days of the Reporting Person's receipt of such document.
				SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized:
Morgan Stanley Capital I, Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 1996-1 Trust
Signed Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A. 	 as Securities Administrator By: /s/Sherri J. Sharps Name: Sherri J. Sharps Title: Vice president -- Securities administration services Dated: March 21, 1997
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED WITH REPORTS FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE ACT BY REGISTRANTS WHICH HAVE NOT REGISTERED SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE ACT
(a)(1) No annual report is provided to the Certificateholders other than with respect to aggregate principal and interest distributions.
(a)(2) No proxy statement, form of proxy or other proxy soliciting material has been sent to any Certificateholder with respect to any annual or other meeting of Certificateholders.