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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-23-141726
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230511

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WESTERN ASSET MANAGED MUNICIPALS FUND INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000886043
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0531

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		620 EIGHTH AVENUE
		STREET 2:		47TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10018
		BUSINESS PHONE:		888-777-0102

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		620 EIGHTH AVENUE
		STREET 2:		47TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10018

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MANAGED MUNICIPALS PORTFOLIO INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920929
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Direct Dial Number</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(202) <FONT
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">May 11, 2023 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>VIA EDGAR
</U></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Christina DiAngelo Fettig </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division of Investment Management </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F Street,
N.E. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund Inc. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14,</FONT> File
No.</U><U></U><U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-270683</FONT></U> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear Ms.&nbsp;Fettig: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On behalf of Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund Inc. (&#147;MMU&#148;), we are providing the following responses to comments received by
telephone from the staff (the &#147;Staff&#148;) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on April&nbsp;10, 2023 relating to the above-referenced registration statement on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> originally filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;17, 2023 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;), through the Commission&#146;s electronic data gathering, analysis and retrieval (&#147;EDGAR&#148;)
system. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For convenience of reference, the comments of the Staff have been reproduced herein. Please note that all page numbers in our
responses are references to the page numbers of the Registration Statement. All capitalized terms used but not defined in this letter have the meanings given to them in the Registration Statement. </P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B><I>1.</I></B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>On page 2 of the shareholder letter, Western Asset Municipal Partners Fund Inc. (&#147;MNP&#148;) and
Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund Inc. (&#147;SBI&#148;) (each, a &#147;Fund&#148; and together with MMU and MNP, the &#147;Funds&#148;) are identified as &#147;diversified management investment companies.&#148; Please consider if the fact that
MMU is a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-diversified</FONT> management investment company should be disclosed here. Please also consider if adding this disclosure is appropriate in all instances where MNP&#146;s and SBI&#146;s <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-diversified</FONT> status is discussed. </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MMU confirms that it will revise the
disclosure in the shareholder letter and throughout the Registration Statement where MNP and SBI are identified as &#147;diversified management investment companies&#148; to also disclose that MMU is a
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-diversified</FONT> management investment company. </P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>Throughout the Registration Statement, when describing management fees for each Fund, please accurately
disclose the management fee calculation as set forth in each Fund&#146;s management agreement and please clearly disclose when net assets are shown in accordance with the requirements of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> and Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-2.</FONT> </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MMU confirms that it will update the disclosure throughout the
Registration Statement as necessary to describe the management fees for each Fund consistent with its management agreement. MMU confirms it will disclose when net assets are shown in accordance with the requirements of Forms <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-2.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>On page 3 of the Registration Statement, where the expenses table is disclosed, please include a
statement that the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> compliant fee tables can be found later in the Registration Statement. Please also double check that the numbers in the table on page 3 are consistent with the numbers in the Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> fee tables later in the document (and throughout the Registration Statement as appropriate). </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MMU confirms it will include a statement that the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> compliant fee and expense tables can be
found later in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and will ensure that the fees disclosed are consistent throughout the Registration Statement or update such disclosure as necessary. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>On page 3 of the Registration Statement, and at other points in the document, there is disclosure stating
that &#147;[a]dditional diversification from a larger pool of assets, a broader investment mandate and a more streamlined product offering.&#148; Please supplementally explain why this statement is accurate since (1)&nbsp;MMU, the acquiring fund, is
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-diversified</FONT> and (2)&nbsp;the investment objective/policies are not changing post-Merger. </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MMU confirms that it is currently, and intends to continue to operate post-Merger as, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-diversified</FONT>
fund, and that its investment objectives and policies are not expected to materially change following the Mergers. To avoid confusion through use of the term &#147;diversification,&#148; MMU will revise this disclosure to state that &#147;a larger
pool of assets creates product efficiencies, such as a more streamlined product offering.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>On page 7 of the Registration Statement, please disclose the accounting survivor.
</I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MMU confirms it will revise the disclosure to state that MMU will be the accounting survivor. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>On page 7 of the Registration Statement, please disclose that the information being presented is based on
the assumption that both Mergers are approved. Also, please also disclose that other outcomes may occur if both Mergers are not approved or if only one Merger is approved. </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MMU confirms it will revise the disclosure to state that the information being presented is based on the assumption that both Mergers are
approved and that other outcomes may occur if both Mergers are not approved or only one Merger is approved. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>Please supplementally explain why MMU is comparing net annual expenses when MMU currently does not have
any fee waivers. </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MMU confirms that Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC (the &#147;Adviser&#148;) has agreed to
waive MMU&#146;s management fee to the extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund. As such, MMU believes it is appropriate to compare its net annual fund operating
expense ratio in this disclosure. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>Has the contractual fee waiver agreement discussed in the Registration Statement been filed? If not,
please file in with the amended Registration Statement filing. </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MMU confirms that it will file the contractual
fee waiver agreement as an exhibit to its amended Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>On page 8 of the Registration Statement, please confirm the numbers disclosed in the current leverage
table are accurate. </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MMU confirms that it will update the current leverage table to be as of March&nbsp;31, 2023.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>One page 9 of the Registration Statement, where capital loss carryovers are discussed, please disclose
that capital loss carryovers may be limited. Please also disclose include a cross reference to the &#147;Federal Income Tax Consequences&#148; section later in the document. </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MMU confirms that it will include disclosure that capital loss carryovers may be limited and a cross reference to the &#147;Federal Income Tax
Consequences&#148; in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>One page 9 of the Registration Statement, please clarify who is paying for the Mergers. Please also
confirm if the estimated costs include the costs related to the redemption of outstanding auction rate cumulative preferred stock (&#147;ARPS&#148;). Please also supplementally disclose the basis for allocating the total estimated cost of the
Mergers (such as relative net assets, direct cost estimates, etc.). </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MMU confirms that it will update its
disclosure throughout the Registration Statement as necessary to clarify that (i)&nbsp;each Fund will bear the costs associated with its respective Merger, (ii)&nbsp;if either Merger is approved, the Adviser will institute a 5 basis points fee
waiver of MMU&#146;s management fee for at least a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-year</FONT> period following the Mergers, or for longer, as necessary to ensure the Funds only bear half of the Merger-related expenses and (iii)&nbsp;in the
event that either SBI or MNP does not merge into MMU, or the Mergers are not consummated at all, the relevant Fund would bear its related expenses of the Mergers. MMU confirms that it will also add disclosure that the estimated costs of the Mergers
include the costs related to the redemption of outstanding ARPS. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In terms of cost allocation, MMU confirms that each Fund will pay for the
direct costs in connection with the applicable Fund&#146;s Merger. However, costs impacting all three Funds that cannot be categorized as direct costs will be allocated across the Funds based on the AUM of each Fund. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>Please note that MMU is required to disclose ten years of financial highlights and ten years of senior
securities information, in accordance with Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> Items 5(b) and 6(a). </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MMU confirms that it will revise the disclosure to incorporate by reference financial highlights and information regarding its senior
securities for each of the last ten fiscal years, in accordance with Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14</FONT> Items 5(b) and 6(a). </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>Throughout the Registration Statement, where appropriate, please include hyperlinks to any information
incorporated by reference. </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MMU confirms it will include, where appropriate, hyperlinks to information
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>The Registration Statement references a five basis point (0.05%) contractual fee waiver if either Merger
is approved that will be used to offset half the Merger-related expenses for the Funds. Please supplementally provide the math supporting that a 0.05% fee waiver will offset half of the Merger-related expenses within one year.
</I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MMU confirms that the Adviser chose a five basis point (0.05%) fee waiver because it was administratively more
efficient, as the final total cost of the Mergers is not known at this time. In order to account for this uncertainty regarding the final total cost of the Mergers, MMU confirms that the fee waiver will be in place for at least a <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-year</FONT> period or longer if necessary to ensure that the Funds only bear one half of the Merger-related expenses. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>Please confirm that the fees presented in the pro forma fee tables represent current fees in accordance
with Item 3 of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14.</FONT> </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MMU confirms that it will update the pro forma
fee tables to be as of March&nbsp;31, 2023, and that all fees and expenses will be disclosed as of the same date in the amended Registration Statement. MMU represents that the fees in the pro forma fee tables represent current fees in accordance
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>In the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-14,</FONT> leverage was sometimes quantified on managed assets
and other times on net assets. Please revise the disclosure so that it is consistent throughout. </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MMU confirms
that it will revise its disclosure so that leverage is quantified consistently throughout. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>In the footnotes to the pro forma fee tables, please disclose that the tables do not include the expenses
of the Mergers or the five basis point (0.05%) fee waiver that will be instituted if the Mergers are approved. Please also disclose the dollar amount of allocating Merger-related costs to each Fund and the associated five basis point (0.05%) fee
waiver effect. Please also quantify the reorganization costs in basis points for each Fund. </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MMU confirms it will
revise the footnotes in the pro forma fee tables to disclose that the tables do not include the expenses of the Mergers or the fee waiver. In addition, MMU confirms that it will disclose the dollar amount of allocating Merger-related costs to each
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>In the expense examples for each Merger, please update the disclosure so that the expenses are calculated
on a $1,000 initial investment as required by Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-2</FONT> rather than a $10,000 initial investment. </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>On page 35 of the Registration Statement, please update the disclosure related to who is bearing the
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>In the &#147;Reasons for the Mergers and Board Considerations&#148; section, please add disclosure
related to the date that information related to the Mergers was presented to the Board of each Fund. </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MMU
confirms that it will update the disclosure to add the date (December 31, 2022) that information related to the Mergers was presented to the Board of each Fund. MMU also confirms that the Board received updated information as of March 31, 2023
related to the fees and expenses associated with the Mergers at its quarterly meeting on May 9-10, 2023 and confirmation from the Adviser that the information has not materially changed as of April 30, 2023. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>Please disclose if each Merger will be accounted for as an asset acquisition under ASC <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">805-50.</FONT> Please describe if assets acquired in each Merger will be measured at fair value of consideration transferred or fair value of assets acquired and how such value will be allocated to acquired assets. Also,
please explain if any day one unrealized gains or losses will result from the Mergers. </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MMU confirms that it
will add disclosure related to the status of each Merger under ASC <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">805-50.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>On page 43 of the Registration Statement, please clarify if there will be any repositioning of assets as
a result of the Mergers. </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MMU confirms that that the Adviser does not expect any repositioning of MMU to occur as
a result of the Mergers. MMU will add disclosure stating that the Adviser does not expect any material repositioning to occur. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>In the &#147;Net Asset Value, Market Price and Premium/Discount&#148; section, please include information
for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2023. </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MMU confirms that it will update the tables in this section to
include information for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2023. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>In the capitalization table on page 63 of the Registration Statement, please update information to be as
of a date within 30 days of the amended filing date. Alternatively, please supplementally confirm there have been no significant changes to the capitalization table since its as of date. </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MMU confirms that it will update the information in the capitalization table to be as of March&nbsp;31, 2023. In addition, MMU confirms
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>In a footnote to the capitalization table, please show the cost of the Mergers that will be allocated to
the Funds as an adjustment. The footnote should explain the five basis point (0.05%) fee waiver and how that impacts the adjustment. Please also include a note that explains the pro forma adjustments for the outstanding ARPS and VRDPS (and any other
additional leverage). </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MMU confirms that it will add footnotes to the capitalization table to explain the
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B><I>In the Statement of Additional Information under the &#147;Supplemental Financial Information&#148;
section, please include disclosure related to the repositioning piece of Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-11(d)(2)</FONT> under Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-X.</FONT> </I></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MMU confirms that it will update the disclosure to include language that the Mergers will not result in material repositioning as required by
Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-11(d)(2)</FONT> under Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-X.</FONT><B><I> </I></B> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Please do not hesitate to call me at (202) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">636-5806</FONT> with any questions or further comments regarding
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