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SIGNATURE GENE T PRETTI
TITLE PRESIDENT
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of Zazove Convertible
Securities Fund, Inc.:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of
Zazove Convertible Securities Fund, Inc. for the year ended
December 31, 1999, 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, not to provide assurance on the
internal control structure.
The management of Zazove Convertible Securities Fund, Inc. 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 generally accepted accounting
principles. Those controls include the safeguarding of assets
against unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in internal control, errors or
fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, projection of any
evaluation of internal control to future periods is subject
to the risk that it may become inadequate because of changes
in conditions or that the effectiveness of the design and
operation may deteriorate.
Our consideration of 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 internal control and its operation, including controls for
safeguarding securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses
as defined above as of December 31, 1999.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management, the Board of Directors of Zazove Convertible
Securities Fund, Inc., and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Arthur Andersen LLP
Chicago, Illinois
February 11, 2000
