Re: Requested Waiver of Registration Rights

                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1
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                         INTERNATIONAL WIRE GROUP, INC.
                                12 MASONIC AVENUE
                             CAMDEN, NEW YORK 13316



                                 April 24, 2007


To Certain Holders of
Common Stock of
International Wire Group, Inc.

               Re:     Requested Waiver of Registration Rights
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Ladies and Gentlemen:

               International Wire Group, Inc. (the "Company") filed a
registration statement on Amendment No. 4 to Form S-1 with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on August 2, 2005 to register shares of certain selling
shareholders of the Company's Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share pursuant
to that certain Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of
November 23, 2004 (as amended, the "Registration Rights Agreement"), by and
among the Company and the persons listed on the signature pages thereof (the
"Holders"). The registration statement became effective August 9, 2005.

               Previously, the Holders of Registrable Securities (as defined in
the Registration Rights Agreement) had waived the Company's obligations under
Article 2 (Shelf Registration) of the Registration Rights Agr