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PIONEER INTEREST SHARES - SEMI-ANNUL N-SAR QUESTION 77 ATTACHMENTS
A. Please refer to the Form N-30D filing, Accession No.: 0000069407-97-000006
which contains the shareholder voting results from the Special Meeting of
Shareholders held June 20, 1996. (The Definitive Proxy was filed as an exhibit
to the Form N-SAR filed as of 12/31/96.)
