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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070930
FILED AS OF DATE:		20071129
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20071129
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20071129

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:		071275163

	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   JANET C. SMITH
TITLE       PRINC. ACCT. OFFICER

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May 15, 2007 meeting

A proposal to approve a new management contract between the fund
and Putnam Investment Management, LLC was approved
as follows:

Votes for 			Votes against 		Abstentions
55,212,673		 	2,593,900 			1,622,964

All tabulations rounded to the nearest whole number.

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Note 9: New accounting pronouncements
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 is
not expected to have a material effect on the funds financial
statements.
However, the conclusions regarding the Interpretation may be
subject to
review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including,
but not
limited to, further implementation guidance expected from the
FASB, and
on-going analysis of tax laws, regulations and interpretations
thereof.

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.
65

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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 Fund), as of and
for the year ended September 30, 2007, in accordance with the
standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States), we considered the Funds 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-SAR, but not for
the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the
Funds internal control over financial reporting.   Accordingly,
we express no such opinion.
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 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 generally accepted accounting principles. A
companys 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 company;
(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 company are being made only
in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of
the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding
prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use,
or disposition of the 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 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 Funds annual or interim financial
statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

Our consideration of the Funds 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 deficiencies or material
weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  However, we noted no
deficiencies in the Funds 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, 2007.

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

November 19, 2007






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