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EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20230912

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PIMCO INCOME STRATEGY FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001244183
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

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		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
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		FILM NUMBER:		231249770

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1633 BROADWAY
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10019
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-739-4000

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		STREET 1:		1633 BROADWAY
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10019

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PIMCO FLOATING RATE INCOME FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030619
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of PIMCO Income Strategy
Fund</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">In planning and performing our audit of the financial
statements of PIMCO Income Strategy Fund (the &ldquo;Fund&rdquo;) as of and for the year ended June 30, 2023, in accordance with
the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), we considered the Fund&rsquo;s internal
control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures
for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not
for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund&rsquo;s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly,
we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and
maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by
management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A fund&rsquo;s internal control over financial
reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation
of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A fund&rsquo;s internal
control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in
reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the fund; (2) provide reasonable
assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the fund are being made only in accordance with authorizations
of management and trustees of the fund; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized
acquisition, use or disposition of a fund&rsquo;s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Because of its inherent limitations, internal control
over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future
periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance
with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting
exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their
assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination
of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement
of the fund&rsquo;s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Our consideration of the Fund&rsquo;s internal control
over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies
in internal control over financial reporting that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the PCAOB. However,
we noted no deficiencies in the Fund&rsquo;s internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls over
safeguarding securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of June 30, 2023.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, 1100 Walnut, Suite 1300, Kansas City, MO 64106&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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(816) 472 7921, <U>www.pwc.com/us</U></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">This report is intended solely for the information and use of
the Board of Trustees of PIMCO Income Strategy Fund and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should
not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Kansas City, Missouri&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">August 25, 2023</P>

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