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Report of Independent Accountants
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of
Prudential Government Securities Trust
In planning and performing our audits of the financial
statements of Money Market Series, Short-Intermediate Term
Series and U.S. Treasury Money Market Series (constituting
Prudential Government Securities Trust, hereafter referred
to as the "Fund"), for the year ended November 30, 1998, we
considered their internal controls, 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 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 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 November 30, 1998.
This report is intended solely for the information and use
of management, the Board of Directors of the Fund and the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
January 21, 1999
For the fiscal year ended (a) 11/30/98
File number (c) 811-3264
SUB-ITEM 77M
Terms of New or Amended Securities
On January 30, 1998, the Short-Intermediate Term
Series, a Series of Prudential Government Securities
Trust (The Registrant), acquired all the net assets of
The BlackRock Government Income Trust pursuant to a plan
of reorganization approved by The BlackRock Government
Income Trust shareholders on January 23, 1998. The
reorganization was approved by the Trustees of the
Registrant on October 23, 1997 but did not require the
approval of the Registrant's shareholders. The
acquisition was accomplished on January 30, 1998, by
a tax-free exchange of Class A shares of The
Short-Intermediate Term Series for the net assets
The BlackRock Government Income Trust.