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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, 2015, 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 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.  A funds 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 fund;
(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 fund
are being made only in accordance with authorizations of
management and trustees of the fund; and (3) 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 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 over financial reporting
that might be 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 over safeguarding securities,
that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above
as of August 31, 2015.

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

Boston, Massachusetts
October 16, 2015




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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 125 High Street, Boston, MA 02110
T: (617) 530 5000, F:(617) 530 5001, www.pwc.com/us

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