Item 77Q2 Exhibit
Fund: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Municipal Premium Income
Trust
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
The following persons are "reporting persons" under Section
16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and had not
previously filed an "Initial Statement of Beneficial
Ownership of Securities" on Form 3:
Mitchell M. Merin
Ronald E. Robison
Joseph J. McAlinden
Edwin J. Garn
Manuel H. Johnson
Michael E. Nugent
Wayne E. Hedien
Barry Fink
James F. Willison
None of the above reporting persons has ever held any shares
of the Trust, and a Form 5 was subsequently filed on behalf
of each of these persons In addition, Philip J. Purcell
failed to timely report certain transactions in shares of
the Fund on Form 4. However, none of these transactions
resulted in again, and a timely Form 5 was subsequently
filed to report the transactions.
