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TITLE       TREASURER           
 

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<PAGE>

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund

In planning and performing our audit of the financial  statements of Oppenheimer
Convertible  Securities Fund for the year ended December 31, 1998, 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 Oppenheimer  Convertible  Securities  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
December 31, 1998.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the
Board of Directors of Oppenheimer Convertible Securities Fund and the Securities
and Exchange Commission.




PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Denver, Colorado
January 25, 1999


<PAGE>

The Fund adjusts the  classification of distributions to shareholders to reflect
the differences between financial statement amounts and distributions determined
in accordance with income tax  regulations.  Accordingly,  during the year ended
December  31,  1998,  amounts  have been  reclassified  to reflect a decrease in
paid-in capital of $2,037, a decrease in undistributed  net investment income of
$14,718,  and an increase in  accumulated  net realized gain on  investments  of
$16,755.



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