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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000869392-97-000189
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	497J
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		19970924
SROS:			NYSE

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PUTNAM MASTER INTERMEDIATE INCOME TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000830622
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
		IRS NUMBER:				046584465
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		497J
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	033-20610
		FILM NUMBER:		97684782

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE POST OFFICE SQ
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02109
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6172921000
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                                        September 24, 1997

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20549

RE:  Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust (Reg. No. 333-28271)
     (811-5498) (the "Fund") Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
     Registration Statement on Form N-14 (the "Registration
     Statement").

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Fund hereby certifies that the form of combined
prospectus/proxy statement and statement of additional
information that would have been filed on behalf of the Fund
pursuant to Rule 497(c) upon the effectiveness of Pre-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-14
(the "Amendment") would not have differed from that contained in
the Amendment, which was filed electronically on July 28, 1997.

     Comments or questions concerning this certificate may be
directed to Charles Ruys de Perez at 1-800-225-2465, ext. 11395.

                         Very truly yours,

                         Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust

                              /s/ Gordon H. Silver
                         By:  -----------------------
                              Gordon H. Silver
                              Vice President


cc:  Ruth A. Sanders
     John Kingston
     Jennifer Motley
     

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