FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*   Amen                            Robert                              M.	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol     International Paper Company: IP						6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer     (Check all applicable)      o Director                    o 10% Owner      x Officer                     o Other (specify below)         (give title below)             Executive Vice President
(Last)                            (First)                         (Middle)   c/o International Paper Company, 400 Atlantic Street	3. I.R.S. Identification     Number of Reporting     Person, if an entity     (Voluntary)			4. Statement for     Month/Day/Year     11/27/02
(Street)   Stamford                           CT                             06921				5. If Amendment, Date of     Original (Month/Day/Year)     12/02/02			7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing     (Check Applicable Line)      x Form filed by One Reporting Person      o Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)                           (State)                           (Zip)	Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security     (Instr. 3)	2. Trans-     action     Date     (Month/     Day/     Year)	2A. Deemed        Execution        Date, if any        (Month/        Day/        Year)	3. Trans-     action     Code     (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A)     or Disposed of (D)     (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of     Securities     Beneficially     Owned     Following     Reported     Transaction(s)     (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Owner-     ship     Form:     Direct     (D) or     Indirect     (I)     (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of     Indirect     Beneficial     Owner-     ship     (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A)  or (D)	Price
Common Stock								101,803	D
Common Stock								13,176(1)(2)(3)	I	By SSP

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FORM 4 (continued)

Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative     Security     (Instr. 3)

2. Conver-     sion or     Exercise     Price of     Deri-     vative     Security

3. Trans-     action     Date     (Month/     Day/     Year)

3A. Deemed        Execution        Date, if        any        (Month/        Day/        Year)

4. Trans-     action     Code     (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Deriv-     ative Securities     Acquired (A) or     Disposed of (D)     (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

6. Date Exercisable     and Expiration     Date     (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of     Underlying Securities     (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price     of     Deriv-     ative     Security     (Instr.     5)

9. Number     of Deriv-     ative     Securities     Bene-     ficially     Owned     Following     Reported     Trans-     action(s)     (Instr. 4)

10. Owner-       ship       Form of       Deriv-       ative       Securities:       Direct       (D) or       Indirect       (I)       (Instr. 4)

11. Nature       of       Indirect       Benefi-       cial       Owner-       ship       (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Common Stock

11/27/02

A

A

Common Stock

13(1)

$38.88

9,748(1)(2)

I

DCSP

Explanation of Responses:

1.	Share numbers are rounded.

2.

The investments in the SSP (International Paper Salaried Savings Plan) and DCSP (International Paper Deferred Compensation Savings Plan) are in a unitized fund of shares and cash. The investment in the DCSP operates similar to the SSP company stock fund, and the number of units will vary as the price of the Issuer's common stock varies.

3.	Between January 1, 2002 and September 30, 2002, the reporting person acquired 349 shares of International Paper common stock under the SSP. The information in this report is based on a plan statement dated as of September 30, 2002.

 

/s/ John E. Walendzik		December 5, 2002
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date
By: John E. Walendzik, Attorney-in-Fact for Robert M. Amen

 

**		Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note:		File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.

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Power Of Attorney

             KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, ROBERT M. AMEN, an officer of International Paper Company ("International Paper"), have made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and appoint, each of the persons, or any of them, named by International Paper as SEC Coordinating Officer and Assistant SEC Coordinating Officer, as such persons are designated and certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of International Paper as such and copy of whose signatures is included in said certification, as my true and lawful attorney for the purpose of executing, delivering, recording, filing, electronically or otherwise, attesting, or otherwise acting with regards to Forms 3, 4 and 5, or any other forms, amendments or documents described in or relating to the rules promulgated under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, giving and granting unto said attorney, the full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and appropriate in connection with the power of attorney.

             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 2 day of Oct, 2002.

/s/ Robert M. Amen Robert M. Amen

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

STATE OF CONNECTICUT	)
	) ss:
COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD	)

On this 2nd day of October, 2002, before me personally came Robert M. Amen, to me known to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same.

/s/ Carol M. Samalin Notary Public

 

 

INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
SECRETARY'S CERTIFICATE

             I, Barbara L. Smithers, duly elected Corporate Secretary of International Paper Company, a New York corporation, do hereby certify that the following persons have been designated by me as SEC Coordinating Officer and Assistant Coordinating Officers to act as true and lawful attorneys for the purpose of executing, delivering, recording, filing, electronically or otherwise, attesting or otherwise acting with regards to Forms 3, 4 and 5, or any other forms, amendments or documents described in or relating to the rules promulgated under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended:

SEC Coordinating Officer:

John Walendzik

/s/ John Walendzik

Assistant SEC Coordinating Officers:

Rebecca Bouldien

/s/ Rebecca Bouldien

Carol M. Samalin

/s/ Carol M. Samalin

             IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the corporate seal this 9th day of October, 2002.

/s/ Barbara L. Smithers

Barbara L. Smithers Vice President and Corporate Secretary