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SIGNATURE NICK DALMASO
TITLE ATTORNEY
Independent Auditors' Report on Internal Accounting Control
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of the Van
Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund (the "Fund"), for the nine-month
period ended September 30, 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 the Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free 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, error 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 weakness 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 September 30, 1998.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management,
the Board of Directors of Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund, and
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
November 6, 1998
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