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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001136730-01-500134
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	NSAR-B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20011031
FILED AS OF DATE:		20011227

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			VAN KAMPEN MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNITY TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000884152
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	 []
		IRS NUMBER:				363810337
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		NSAR-B
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-06567
		FILM NUMBER:		1823955

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE PARKVIEW PLAZA
		STREET 2:		VAN KAMPEN INVESTMENTS INC
		CITY:			OAKBROOK TERRACE
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60181
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6306846774

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		VAN KAMPEN INVESTMENTS INC
		STREET 2:		ONE PARKVIEW PLAZA
		CITY:			OAKBROOK TERRACE
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60181

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNITY TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960102

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	VAN KAMPEN MERRITT MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNITY TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920929
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SIGNATURE   MICHAEL COYNE
TITLE       ASSISTANT TREASURER


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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of
Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of Van
Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust (the "Trust") for the year ended
October 31, 2001 (on which we have issued our report dated December 10,
2001), we considered its 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 the Trust's internal control.

The management of the Trust 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 accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America.  Those controls include the
safeguarding of assets against unauthorized acquisition, use, or
disposition.

Because of inherent limitations in any internal control, misstatements
due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.  Also, projections
of any evaluation of internal control to future periods are subject to
the risk that the internal control may become inadequate because of
changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with policies or
procedures may deteriorate.

Our consideration of the Trust's internal control would not necessarily
disclose all matters in the 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 internal control
components does not reduce to a relatively low level the risk that
misstatements caused by error 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 the Trust's internal control and its
operation, including controls for safeguarding securities, that we
consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of October 31,
2001.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of the
Trust's management, the Trustees and Shareholders of Van Kampen
Municipal Opportunity Trust, and the Securities and Exchange Commission
and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than
these specified parties.


DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Chicago, Illinois
December 10, 2001



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Exhibit 77C

Municipal Opportunity Trust  (VMO)

	An Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund was held on June 27,
2001, where shareholders voted on the election of trustees.  With regards to
the election of Richard F. Powers III as elected trustee by the common
shareholders of the Fund 14,230,552 shares voted in his favor and 269,736
shares withheld.  With regards to the election of  Hugo Sonnenschein as
elected trustee by the common shareholders of the Fund 14,254,028 shares
voted in his favor and 246,260  shares withheld.  With regards to the
election of Theodore A. Myers as elected trustee by the preferred
shareholders of the Fund 3,895 shares voted in his favor and 0 shares
withheld.   The other trustees whose terms did not expire in 2001 were: David
Arch, Howard J Kerr,  Rod Dammeyer and Wayne Whalen.

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NSAR ITEM 77O
VK Municipal Opportunity Trust
10f-3 Transactions


Underwriting #   Underwriting    Purchased     Amount of    % of   Date of
                                 From           shares  underwriting Purchase

1           Broward Cnty FL
                Airport Syt.    Raymond James  3,400       1.91    5/21/01

2           City of Chicago      JPMorgan      3,500       1.57    8/17/01



Underwriters for #1

Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
Banc of America Securities LLC
M.R. Beal & Company
The Chapman Company
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Siebert Brandford Shank & Co.




Underwriters for #2

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
William Blair & Company, LLC
Siebert Brandford Shank & Co.
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
Jackson Securities Inc.
Cabrera Capital Management
Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc.
Dain Rauscher Inc.
Lehman Brothers
Ramirez & Co.

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