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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000914851-18-000096
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: NSAR-B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20171130
FILED AS OF DATE: 20180129
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180129
EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20180129
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WESTERN ASSET/CLAYMORE INFLATION-LINKED OPPORTUNITIES & INCOME FUND
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001267902
IRS NUMBER: 421607118
STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: NSAR-B
SEC ACT: 1940 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-21477
FILM NUMBER: 18554091
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 385 EAST COLORADO BLVD.
CITY: PASADENA
STATE: CA
ZIP: 91101
BUSINESS PHONE: (626) 844-9400
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 385 EAST COLORADO BLVD.
CITY: PASADENA
STATE: CA
ZIP: 91101
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WESTERN ASSET CLAYMORE INFLATION-LINKED OPPORTUNITIES & INCOME FUND
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070810
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WESTERN ASSET CLAYMORE US TREASURY INFLATION PRO SEC FUND 2
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20031022
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SIGNATURE RICHARD F. SENNETT
TITLE PFO
EX-99.77B ACCT LTTR
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77B.txt
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of Western
Asset/Claymore Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund
In planning and performing our audit of the financial
statements of Western Asset/Claymore Inflation-Linked
Opportunities & Income Fund (the "Company") as of and for the
year ended November 30, 2017, in accordance with the standards
of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United
States), we considered the Company's 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 Company's internal control over financial
reporting. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the
effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial
reporting.
The management of the Company 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 company's 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 company's 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 trustees of the company;
and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or
timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition
of a company's 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 Company's annual or interim
financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a
timely basis.
Our consideration of the Company's 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 Company's 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 November 30, 2017.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Board of Trustees of Western Asset/Claymore
Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income 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
Baltimore, MD
January 25, 2018