It is shown that a system of congruences
1(x) ≡ . . . ≡ 
(x) = 0 (mod m)
where each
i(x) =
i,(x 1, .. . ,x 2,) 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,∊).