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For the year ended (a) 11/30/94
File # 811-3264
SUB - ITEM 77J
Reclassification of Capital Accounts
Reclassification of Capital Accounts: The Fund accounts and reports
for distributions to shareholders in accordance with Statement of
Position 93-2; Determination, Disclosure, and Financial Statement
Presentation of Income, Capital Gain, and Return of Capital
Distributions by Investment Companies. For the Intermediate Term
Series, the effect of applying this statement was to increase
undistributed net investment income by $3,909,174, increase
accumulated net realized losses by $56,772 for market discount
recognized on securities sold and decrease paid-in capital in
excess of par by $3,852,402 for tax return of capital
distributions. Current year net investment income, net realized
losses and net assets were not affected by this change.
January 16, 1995
To the Board of Trustees of
Prudential Government Securities Trust
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of
Intermediate Term Series, U.S. Treasury Money Market Series and Money
Market Series (constituting Prudential Government Securities Trust,
hereafter referred to as the "Fund") for the year ended November 30,
1994, we considered the Fund's internal control structure, including
procedures for safeguarding securities, in order to determine our
auditing procedures for the purposes 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 internal control structure.
The management of the 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
structure 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 appropriately safeguarded
against loss from unauthorized use or disposition and that
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 material weaknesses as defined above for the year ended November
30, 1994.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
