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SIGNATURE DENNIS J MCDONNELL
TITLE PRES, CEO & TRUSTEE
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Report of Independent Auditors
on Internal Control Structure
Board of Directors and Shareholders
of Van Kampen American Capital Bond Fund, Inc.
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of
the Van Kampen American Capital Bond Fund, Inc. for the year ended
June 30, 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 the Van Kampen American Capital Bond Fund, Inc. 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 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 as of June 30, 1996.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
July 26,1996
Ernst & Young LLP is a member of Ernst & Young International, Ltd
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