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CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	NSAR-B
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080831
FILED AS OF DATE:		20081029
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20081029
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20081029

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PUTNAM HIGH INCOME SECURITIES FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000810943
		IRS NUMBER:				046562068
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0831

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		NSAR-B
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-05133
		FILM NUMBER:		081147024

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE POST OFFICE SQ
		STREET 2:		MAILSTOP A 14
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02109
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8002251581

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PUTNAM LLC
		STREET 2:		ONE POST OFFICE SQ
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02109

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PUTNAM HIGH INCOME BOND FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030408

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PUTNAM HIGH BOND FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20021107

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PUTNAM HIGH INCOME CONVERTIBLE & BOND FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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SIGNATURE   JANET C. SMITH
TITLE       PRINC. ACCT. OFFICER

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees and Shareholders of Putnam High Income
Securities Fund:

In planning and performing our audit of the financial
statements of Putnam High Income Securities Fund (the Fund)
as of and for the year ended August 31, 2008, in accordance
with the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States), we considered the Funds
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
Funds internal control over financial reporting.
Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the
effectiveness of the Funds internal control over financial
reporting.

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 funds 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.  Such internal
control over financial reporting includes policies and
procedures that provide reasonable assurance regarding
prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition,
use or disposition of a funds 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 funds ability to initiate, authorize, record, process or
report external financial data reliably in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles such that there is
more than a remote likelihood that a misstatement of the
funds annual or interim financial statements that is more
than inconsequential will not be prevented or detected.  A
material weakness is a control deficiency, or combination of
control 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 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 over financial reporting
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 Funds internal control over
financial reporting and its operation, including controls
for safeguarding securities, that we consider to be material
weaknesses as defined above as of August 31, 2008.

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


/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
October 16, 2008

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Putnam High Income Securities Fund annual report as of
August 31, 2008

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.  Upon adoption, the Interpretation did not 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. Each of the funds federal tax returns for the
prior three fiscal years remains subject to examination by
the Internal Revenue Service.

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 expands disclosures
about fair value measurements.  The Standard applies to
fair value measurements already required or permitted by
existing standards.  The Standard is effective for fiscal
years beginning after November 15, 2007 and interim periods
within those fiscal years. Putnam Management does not
believe the adoption of the Standard will impact the
amounts reported in the financial statements; however,
additional disclosures will be required about the inputs
used to develop the measurements of fair value.

In March 2008, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and
Hedging Activities (SFAS 161) - an amendment of FASB
Statement No. 133, was issued and is effective for fiscal
years beginning after November 15, 2008. SFAS 161 requires
enhanced disclosures about how and why an entity uses
derivative instruments and how derivative instruments
affect an entitys financial position. Putnam Management is
currently evaluating the impact the adoption of SFAS 161
will have on the funds financial statement disclosures.


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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 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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Shareholder Meeting Results
(Unaudited)
___________________________________________________________
_____________

January 31, 2008 annual meeting

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


						Votes for		Votes withheld

Jameson A. Baxter			17,023,608		486,169
Charles B. Curtis			17,019,706		490,071
Robert J. Darretta			16,993,045		516,732
Myra R. Drucker				17,008,382		501,395
Charles E. Haldeman, Jr.		17,012,027		497,750
John A. Hill				17,016,454		493,323
Paul L. Joskow				17,011,501		498,276
Elizabeth T. Kennan			16,989,866		519,911
Kenneth R. Leibler			17,002,573		507,204
Robert E. Patterson			17,019,161		490,616
George Putnam, III			17,018,041		491,736
W. Thomas Stephens*			16,997,011		512,766
Richard B. Worley			17,002,647		507,130


All tabulations are rounded to the nearest whole number.

* Mr. Stephens retired from the Board of Trustees of Putnam
funds on March 14, 2008.

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