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Exhibit 23
Letterhead of Kenny S&P Evaluation Services
(a division of J.J. Kenny Co., Inc.)
July 31, 2000
Prudential Securities Incorporated
1 New York Plaza
New York, NY 10292
Re: Government Securities Equity Trust
Post-Effective Amendment No. 7
Government Securities Equity Trust Series 5
Gentlemen:
We have examined the post-effective Amendment to the Registration Statement
File No. 33-57992 for the above-captioned trust. We hereby acknowledge that
Kenny S&P Evaluation Services, a division of J.J. Kenny Co., Inc. is currently
acting as the evaluator for the trust. We hereby consent to the use in the
Registration Statement of the references to Kenny S&P Evaluation Services, a
division of J.J. Kenny Co., Inc. as evaluator.
In addition, we hereby confirm that the ratings indicated in the
above-referenced Amendment to the Registration Statement for the respective
bonds comprising the Trust portfolio are the ratings currently indicated in our
KENNYBASE database as of the date of the evaluation report.
You are hereby authorized to file a copy of this letter with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
Sincerely,
Frank A. Ciccotto
Frank A. Ciccotto
Vice President
