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Exhibit 10(a)
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the use in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to Registration
Statement No. 33-24245 of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Intermediate Income
Securities on Form N-1A of our report dated October 9, 2000, appearing in the
Statement of Additional Information and incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus, and to the references to us under the captions "Financial
Highlights" in the Prospectus and "Custodian and Independent Auditors" and
"Experts" in the Statement of Additional Information, both of which are
part of such Registration Statement.
Deloitte & Touche LLP
New York, New York
October 27, 2000
