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<TYPE>EX-99.77D POLICIES
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Exhibit 77(D)(a)



The Board of Trustees of Van Kampen High Income Trust II approved a
change in the Trust's investment policies to allow the Trust to enter
into total rate of return swaps and collateralized mortgage
obligations.











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