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DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP/LOGO/
Suite 3600
555 Seventeenth Street
Denver, Colorado 80202-3942
Telephone: (303)292-5400
Facsimile: (303)312-4000
To the Board of Trustees of
Oppenheimer Strategic Income Fund:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of Oppenheimer
Strategic Income Fund (Fund) for the year ended September 30, 1997 (on which we
have issued our report dated October 21, 1997), we considered its internal
control, including controls over 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 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
control. 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 irregularities
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 the internal control structure would not necessarily
disclose all matters in internal control structure 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 any specific internal control component does not reduce to a
relatively low level the risk that errors or irregularities 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, including controls over safeguarding securities,
that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of September 30,
1997.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management, the
Board of Trustees and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Yours truly,
/s/Deloitte & Touche LLP
October 21, 1997
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DELOITTE TOUCHE
TOHMATSU
INTERNATIONAL
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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
September 30, 1997, amounts have been reclassified to reflect an increase in
undistributed net investment income of $4,263,699, an increase in accumulated
net realized loss on investments of $6,135,352, and an increase in paid-in
capital of $1,871,653.
