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    PR # 32195                                                                   
     We propose to use ASCA to make 1--10 keV observations of NGC4388 and        
     Mkn 477; two bright Seyfert~2 galaxies which have been selected for U       
     V        spectro-polarimetry by the HST. These observations will enab       
     le us to quantify separately (i) the scattered nuclear emission, (ii)       
      steep soft excess and (iii) the transmitted emission (certainly in N       
     GC4388, possibly in Mkn 477) from optically-hidden Seyfert~1 nuclei,        
     yielding a direct measure of the scattering efficiency and column den       
     sity along our line-of-sight. We shall also examine the effects of or       
     ientation on the column density, scattered fraction and presence of F       
     e K alpha emission in our sample.                                           
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
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