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SIGNATURE PAUL BUCUVALAS
TITLE MANAGING DIRECTOR
Page
The Board of Trustees
Putnam California Tax Exempt Income Fund
In planning and performing our audit of the financial
statements of Putnam California Tax Exempt Income Fund for the
year ended September 30, 1999, we considered its internal
control, 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 Putnam California Tax Exempt Income 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
irregularities may occur and not be detected. Also,
projection of any evaluation of internal control to future
periods is subject to the risks 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 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 internal control and
its operation, including controls for safeguarding securities,
that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management, the Board of Trustees of Putnam California Tax
Exempt Income Fund, and the Securities and Exchange Commission
and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone
other than these specified parties.
KPMG LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
November 10, 1999
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