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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20050930
FILED AS OF DATE:		20051129
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20051129
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20051129

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PUTNAM MASTER INTERMEDIATE INCOME TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000830622
		IRS NUMBER:				046584465
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		NSAR-B
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-05498
		FILM NUMBER:		051230525

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE POST OFFICE SQ
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02109
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6172921562

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE POST OFFICE SQ
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02109
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SIGNATURE   MICHAEL T. HEALY
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of
Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements
of the Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust, as of and for the
year ended September 30, 2005, in accordance with the standards
of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States),
we considered its internal control over financial reporting,
including control activities for 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 SAR, but not for the purpose of
expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Putnam Master
Intermediate Income Trusts internal control over financial
reporting.  Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

The management of the Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust 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 companys 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
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Such internal
control includes policies and procedures that provide reasonable
assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of
unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a companys assets
that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

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.

A control deficiency 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 significant deficiency
is a control deficiency, or combination of control deficiencies,
that adversely affects the companys ability to initiate,
authorize, record, process or report financial data reliably in
accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles
such that there is more than a remote likelihood that a
misstatement of the companys annual or interim financial
statements that is more than inconsequential will not be
prevented or detected. A material weakness is a significant
deficiency, or combination of significant deficiencies, that
results in more than a remote likelihood that a material
misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will
not be prevented or detected.

Our consideration of the Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trusts
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 that
might be significant deficiencies or material weaknesses under
standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States). However, we noted no deficiencies in the
Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trusts internal control over
financial reporting and its operation, including controls for
safeguarding securities that we consider to be a material
weakness as defined above as of September 30, 2005.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Board of Trustees of the Putnam Master
Intermediate Income 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.


/s/ KPMG LLP


November 8, 2005




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85B

Additional Information About Errors and Omissions Policy

While no claims with respect to the Registrant/Series were filed
under such policy during the period, requests under such policy
for reimbursement of certain costs related to actions involving
claims of market timing activity in certain Putnam Funds have
been submitted by the investment manager of the
Registrant/Series.

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Regulatory matters and litigation

Putnam Management has entered into agreements with the Securities
and Exchange Commission and the Massachusetts Securities Division
settling charges connected with excessive short term trading by
Putnam employees and, in the case of the charges brought by the
Massachusetts Securities Division, by participants in some Putnam
administered 401(k) plans.  Pursuant to these settlement
agreements, Putnam Management will pay a total of $193.5 million
in penalties and restitution, with $153.5 million being paid to
shareholders and the funds. The amount will be allocated to
shareholders and funds pursuant to a plan developed by an
independent consultant, and will be paid following approval of
the plan by the SEC and the Massachusetts Securities Division.

The Securities and Exchange Commissions and Massachusetts
Securities Divisions allegations and related matters also serve
as the general basis for numerous lawsuits, including purported
class action lawsuits filed against Putnam Management and certain
related parties, including certain Putnam funds.  Putnam
Management will bear any costs incurred by Putnam funds in
connection with these lawsuits.  Putnam Management believes that
the likelihood that the pending private lawsuits and purported
class action lawsuits will have a material adverse financial
impact on the fund is remote, and the pending actions are not
likely to materially affect its ability to provide investment
management services to its clients, including the Putnam funds.

The Staff of the SEC has questioned whether certain disclosure
requirements were satisfied in connection with dividend payments
by the fund. Putnam Management is currently engaged in settlement
discussions with the SEC regarding this matter.

Putnam Management and Putnam Retail Management are named as
defendants in a civil suit in which the plaintiffs allege that
the management and distribution fees paid by certain Putnam funds
were excessive and seek recovery under the Investment Company Act
of 1940.  Putnam Management and Putnam Retail Management have
contested the plaintiffs claims and the matter is currently
pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of
Massachusetts.  Based on currently available information, Putnam
Management believes that this action is without merit and that it
is unlikely to have a material effect on Putnam Managements and
Putnam Retail Managements ability to provide services to their
clients, including the fund.

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The annual meeting of shareholders of the fund was held on July
14, 2005.

At the meeting, each of the nominees for Trustees was elected, as
follows:

					Votes for		Votes withheld

Jameson A. Baxter			56,753,698		3,864,893
Charles B. Curtis			56,720,445		3,898,146
Myra R. Drucker				56,697,021		3,921,570
Charles E. Haldeman, Jr.		56,761,033		3,857,558
John A. Hill				56,785,737		3,832,854
Paul L. Joskow				56,761,968		3,856,623
Elizabeth T. Kennan			56,694,969		3,923,622
John H. Mullin, III			56,741,680		3,876,911
Robert E. Patterson			56,816,291		3,802,300
George Putnam, III			56,695,057		3,923,534
W. Thomas Stephens			56,722,167		3,896,424
Richard B. Worley			56,731,787		3,886,804



A proposal to amend the funds fundamental investment restriction
with respect to borrowing and senior securities to permit the
fund to engage in investment leverage was approved as follows:

		Votes for		Votes against		Abstentions

		44,565,983		6,279,632			9,772,976

A proposal to approve the Amended and Restated Management
Contract between the fund and Putnam Investment Management, LLC,
which provides for payment of management fees with respect to
fund assets attributable to investment leverage, was approved as
follows:

		Votes for		Votes against		Abstentions

		44,760,193		5,927,573			9,930,825


All tabulations are rounded to the nearest whole number.

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