KEMPER VALUE PLUS GROWTH FUND
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                         REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

Board of Trustees
Kemper Funds

In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of each of the
Kemper  Funds listed in Exhibit A attached  hereto (the  "Funds") for the period
ended as of the date listed in Exhibit A attached  hereto  ("Report  Date"),  we
considered their 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, and not to provide assurance on internal control.

The  management of the Funds 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,  errors 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   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 one or more
of the specific internal control  components does not reduce to a relatively low
level the risk  that  errors  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 at Report Date.

This  report is  intended  solely  for the  information  and use of the board of
trustees and management  and the  Securities and Exchange  Commission and is not
intended  to be and  should not be used by anyone  other  than  these  specified
parties.


                                   /s/Ernst & Young LLP

January 21, 2000
Chicago, Illinois

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                                    Exhibit A
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Kemper Funds
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November 30, 1999
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Kemper High Income Trust

Kemper Municipal Income Trust

Kemper Multi-Market Income Trust

Kemper Strategic Municipal Income Trust

Kemper Strategic Income Trust

Kemper Value Plus Growth Fund

Kemper Asian Growth Fund

Kemper Equity Trust:
         Kemper Dreman Financial Services Fund

Kemper Value Series, Inc.:
         Kemper Contrarian Fund
         Kemper Dreman High Return Equity Fund
         Kemper Small Cap Value Fund




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