  We point out that the electric dipole moment of the neutron in the Standard
Model is generated already at tree level to the second order in the weak
interactions due to bound-state effects, without short-distance Penguin loops.
The related contribution has a regular nonvanishing chiral limit and does not
depend on the mass splitting between s and d quarks. We estimate it to be
roughly 10^(-31)e*cm and expect a more accurate evaluation in the future. We
comment on the connection between d_n and the direct CP-violation in D decays.
