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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001136730-02-000012
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	NSAR-B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20011231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20020226

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			VAN KAMPEN HIGH INCOME TRUST II
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000846671
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		NSAR-B
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-05769
		FILM NUMBER:		02558124

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE PARKVIEW PLZ
		STREET 2:		VAN KAMPEN INVESTMENTS INC
		CITY:			OAKBROOK TERRACE
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60181
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6306846774

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		VAN KAMPEN INVESTMENTS INC
		STREET 2:		ONE PARKVIEW PLAZA
		CITY:			OAKBROOK TERRACE
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60181

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	VAN KAMPEN MERRITT LIMITED TERM HIGH INCOME TRUST
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL LIMITED TERM HIGH INCOME
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960102
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SIGNATURE   MICHAEL COYNE
TITLE       ASSISTANT TREASURER


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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of
Van Kampen High Income Trust II

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of Van
Kampen High Income Trust II (the "Trust") for the year ended December
31, 2001 (on which we have issued our report dated February 8, 2002),
we considered its internal control, including control activities for
safeguarding securities, in order to determine our auditing procedures
for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements
and to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, and not to provide
assurance on the Trust's internal control.

The management of the Trust is responsible for establishing and
maintaining internal control.  In fulfilling this responsibility,
estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the
expected benefits and related costs of controls.  Generally, controls
that are relevant to an audit pertain to the entity's objective of
preparing financial statements for external purposes that are fairly
presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America.  Those controls include the
safeguarding of assets against unauthorized acquisition, use, or
disposition.

Because of inherent limitations in any internal control, misstatements
due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.  Also, projections
of any evaluation of internal control to future periods are subject to
the risk that the internal control may become inadequate because of
changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with policies or
procedures may deteriorate.

Our consideration of the Trust's internal control would not necessarily
disclose all matters in the internal control that might be material
weaknesses under standards established by the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants.  A material weakness is a condition in
which the design or operation of one or more of the internal control
components does not reduce to a relatively low level the risk that
misstatements caused by error or fraud in amounts that would be
material in relation to the financial statements being audited may
occur and not be detected within a timely period by employees in the
normal course of performing their assigned functions.  However, we
noted no matters involving the Trust's internal control and its
operation, including controls for safeguarding securities, that we
consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of December 31,
2001.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of the
Trust's management, the Trustees and Shareholders of Van Kampen High
Income Trust II, and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not
intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these
specified parties.


DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Chicago, Illinois
February 8, 2002


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