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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
We consent to the use of our report dated August 31, 2000,
accompanying the financial statement of the Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Select
Equity Trust Select 5 Industrial Portfolio 2000-5 (Registration Statement No.
333-42918), included herein and to the reference to our Firm as experts under
the heading "Independent Auditors" in the Prospectus which is a part of this
Registration Statement.
Deloitte & Touche LLP
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Deloitte & Touche LLP
New York, New York
August 31, 2000
