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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060930
FILED AS OF DATE:		20061128
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EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20061128

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:		061241004

	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
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SIGNATURE   MICHAEL T. HEALY
TITLE       PRINC. ACCT. OFFICER

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Trustees and Shareholders
Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements
of Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust (the Trust) as of and
for the year ended September 30, 2006, 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 Trusts internal control over financial
reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

The management of the 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 external 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 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 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, 2006.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Board of Trustees of 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

Boston, Massachusetts
November 9, 2006




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77E
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
certain open-end funds and their shareholders. 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 indicated that it believes that Putnam
Management did not comply with certain disclosure requirements in
connection with dividend payments to shareholders of your fund.
Putnam Management is currently engaged in settlement negotiations
with the SEC Staff 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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Item 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 legal expenses and costs arising out of
claims of market timing activity in the Putnam Funds have been
submitted by the investment manager of the Registrant/Series.


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Item 77L


New Accounting Pronouncement

In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
issued Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in
Income Taxes (the Interpretation).  The Interpretation
prescribes a minimum threshold for financial statement
recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to
be taken by a filer in the filers tax return.  The Interpretation
will become effective for fiscal years beginning after December
15, 2006 but will also apply to tax positions reflected in the
funds financial statements as of that date. No determination has
been made whether the adoption of the Interpretation will require
the fund to make any adjustments to its net assets or have any
other effect on the funds financial statements.

In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (the
Standard).  The Standard defines fair value, sets out a
framework for measuring fair value and requires additional
disclosures about fair value measurements.  The Standard applies
to fair value measurements already required or permitted by
existing standards.  The Standard is effective for financial
statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15,
2007 and interim periods within those fiscal years. Putnam
Management is currently evaluating what impact the adoption of
the Standard will have on the funds financial statements.

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