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497(j)
[SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM (ILLINOIS)]
March 10, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Van Kampen California Municipal Income Fund, a series of Van Kampen Tax
Free Trust -- Rule 497(j) Filing (File Nos. 2-99715 and 811-4386)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Van Kampen California Municipal Income Fund, a series of Van Kampen Tax
Free Trust (the "Registrant"), filed via EDGAR on March 7, 2000, one
electronically signed copy of Post-Effective Amendment No. 45 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A (the "Registration Statement") complete with
exhibits thereto. The Registration Statement and Exhibits were filed pursuant to
Rule 485(b) of the general rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
In accordance with the provisions of Rule 497(j) of the 1933 Act Rules,
this letter serves to certify that the prospectus and statement of additional
information contained in the Registration Statement do not differ from that
which would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) of the 1933 Act Rules.
Should the staff have any questions regarding the foregoing, please
contact me at (312) 407-0863.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Charles B. Taylor
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