MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER MARKET LEADER TRUST
NSAR-B, EX-99, 2000-10-26
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

To the Shareholders and Trustees of
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Market Leader Trust:


In  planning  and  performing our  audit  of  the  financial
statements of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Market Leader Trust
(the "Fund") for the year ended August 31, 2000 (on which we
have issued our report dated October 9, 2000), we considered
its  internal  control,  including  control  activities  for
safeguarding securities, in order to determine our  auditing
procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on  the
financial statements and to comply with the requirements  of
Form  N-SAR,  and  not to provide assurance  on  the  Fund's
internal control.

The  management of the Fund is responsible for  establishing
and   maintaining  internal  control.   In  fulfilling  this
responsibility,  estimates and judgments by  management  are
required  to assess the expected benefits and related  costs
of  controls.  Generally, controls that are relevant  to  an
audit   pertain  to  the  entity's  objective  of  preparing
financial  statements for external purposes that are  fairly
presented in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted  in  the United States of America.  Those  controls
include  the  safeguarding  of assets  against  unauthorized
acquisition, use, or disposition.

Because  of  inherent limitations in any  internal  control,
misstatements  due to error or fraud may occur  and  not  be
detected.   Also, projections of any evaluation of  internal
control  to future periods are subject to the risk that  the
internal control may become inadequate because of changes in
conditions,  or that the degree of compliance with  policies
or procedures may deteriorate.

Our  consideration of the Fund's internal control would  not
necessarily  disclose all matters in internal  control  that
might be material weaknesses under standards established  by
the  American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.   A
material  weakness  is a condition in which  the  design  or
operation  of one or more of the internal control components
does  not  reduce to a relatively low level  the  risk  that
misstatements caused by error or fraud in amounts that would
be  material  in relation to the financial statements  being
audited may occur and not be detected within a timely period
by  employees  in  the  normal course  of  performing  their
assigned  functions.  However, we noted no matters involving
the  Fund's  internal  control and its operation,  including
controls for safeguarding securities, that we consider to be
material weaknesses as defined above as of August 31, 2000.

This  report is intended solely for the information and  use
of  management, the Shareholders and Trustees of  the  Fund,
and  the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  and  is  not
intended  to be and should not be used by anyone other  than
these specified parties.





Deloitte & Touche LLP
New York, New York
October 9, 2000



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