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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-241149
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190909

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WESTERN ASSET HIGH INCOME FUND II INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001058239
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0430

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		620 EIGHTH AVENUE
		STREET 2:		49TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10018
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8887770102

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		620 EIGHTH AVENUE
		STREET 2:		49TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10018

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SALOMON BROTHERS HIGH INCOME FUND II INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980421

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SALOMON BROTHERS HIGH YIELD BOND FUND IN
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980319
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Simpson Thacher&nbsp;&amp; Bartlett <SMALL>LLP</SMALL> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">900 G S<SMALL>TREET</SMALL>, NW </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">W<SMALL>ASHINGTON</SMALL>, D.C. 20001 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><SMALL>TELEPHONE</SMALL>:
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">+1-202-636-5500</FONT></FONT></FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><SMALL>FACSIMILE</SMALL>:
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">+1-202-636-5502</FONT></FONT></FONT> </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <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
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">636-5863</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">E-mail</FONT> Address</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">david.blass@stblaw.com</P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">September&nbsp;9, 2019 </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">David Orlic, Esq. </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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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, File No.</U><U></U><U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;811-08709</FONT></U> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear Mr.&nbsp;Orlic: </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 High Income Fund II Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;), we filed with the staff (the &#147;Staff&#148;) of the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) the Fund&#146;s Definitive Proxy
Statement on Schedule 14A (the &#147;Definitive Proxy Statement&#148;) on September&nbsp;6, 2019. In response to the Staff&#146;s oral comment received on September&nbsp;6, 2019 (the &#147;Comment&#148;), the Definitive Proxy Statement included
revisions to the Fund&#146;s amended Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, we are providing the following response to
the Staff&#146;s Comment. To assist your review, we have retyped our record of the Staff&#146;s Comment in italics below. Page references in the response correspond to the pages of the Definitive Proxy Statement. Unless otherwise defined below,
terms defined in the Definitive Proxy Statement and used below shall have the meanings given to them in the Definitive Proxy 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>The disclosure on page 13 states that, &#147;The persons named as proxies will vote in their discretion
on any other business, including any vote on adjournments, as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.&#148; It is the Staff&#146;s view that if a shareholder vote is taken to adjourn a meeting to solicit
additional proxies then such shareholder vote is a substantive proposal for which proxies must be independently solicited and for which discretionary authority is unavailable under Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-4(d)(4)</FONT> under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;). In addition, it is the Staff&#146;s view than an a shareholder vote to adjourn a meeting is not a &#147;matter incident to the conduct of the meeting&#148; under Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-4(c)(7)</FONT> under the Exchange Act. Please revise this disclosure as discussed.</I></B><B> </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund has revised its disclosure in the Definitive Proxy Statement in response to this comment. As discussed, we understand that the
Staff&#146;s Comment is limited to shareholder votes to adjourn a meeting, and does not extend to the disclosure allowing the chairman of the Meeting to adjourn the Meeting with respect to one or more Proposals. </P>

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</TABLE> <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">636-5563</FONT> or Ryan Brizek at
(202) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">636-5806</FONT> with any questions or further comments regarding this submission or if you wish to discuss the above response. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ David W. Blass</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Bartlett LLP </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">George Hoyt, Legg
Mason </P>
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