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SIGNATURE GEORGE C. BOWEN
TITLE TREASURER
<PAGE>
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SHAREHOLDERS OF
OPPENHEIMER TARGET FUND:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of
Oppenheimer Target Fund for the eight-month period ended August 31, 1996, we
considered its internal control structure, including procedures 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 Oppenheimer Target Fund is responsible for establishing and
maintaining an internal control structure. In fulfilling this responsibility,
estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected
benefits and related costs of internal control policies and procedures. Two of
the objectives of an internal control structure are to provide management with
reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that assets are safeguarded against loss
from unauthorized use or disposition and transactions are executed in accordance
with management's authorization and recorded properly to permit preparation of
financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
Because of inherent limitations in any internal control structure, errors or
irregularities may occur and not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation
of the structure 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 the internal control structure would not necessarily
disclose all matters in the internal control structure 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 the specific internal control structure elements does not reduce to
a relatively low level the risk that errors or irregularities 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 internal control structure, including procedures for safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of
August 31, 1996.
This report is intended for the information and use of management and the
Securities and Exchange Commission and should not be used for any other purpose.
/S/KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
Denver, Colorado
September 23, 1996
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