Abstract. Let G be a finite abelian group, K a subfield of C, C[G] regarded as an algebra of matrices. ~1~ = {A e C [C]L all the entries and eigenvalues of A are in K} is an association algebra over K. In this paper, the association scheme of .d~ is determined and in the case K = Q(i), the first eigenmatrix of the association scheme computed. As an application, it is proved that Z4 x Z4 • Z4 is the only abelian group admitted as a Singer group by some distance-regular digraph of girth 4 on 64 vertices.