It is shown that a system of congruences 1(x) ≡ . . . ≡
(x) = 0 (mod m)
where each i(x) = i,(x1, .. . ,x2,) is a form of degree at most k has a nontrivial solution x satisfying |xi|≦cm(½)+∊ (i=1,...,S)
with c = c(k,r,∊), provided that ∊ > 0 and that S > S1(k,r,∊).