0000950137-04-006657.txt : 20120828 0000950137-04-006657.hdr.sgml : 20120828 20040812140024 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950137-04-006657 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20040812 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VAN KAMPEN HIGH INCOME CORPORATE BOND FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000276242 IRS NUMBER: 741993121 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: VAN KAMPEN INVESTMENTS INC. STREET 2: 522 FIFTH AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-296-6963 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: VAN KAMPEN INVESTMENTS INC. STREET 2: 522 FIFTH AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL HIGH INCOME TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970909 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL HIGH INCOME CORPORATE BOND FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19951219 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VAN KAMPEN HIGH INCOME CORPORATE BOND FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 CORRESP 1 filename1.txt [LETTERHEAD OF SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP] August 12, 2004 Securities and Exchange Commission Judiciary Plaza 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549 Attn: Larry Green Division of Investment Management Re: Van Kampen High Income Corporate Bond Fund (the "Registrant") Form N-14 / A Registration Statement (No. 333-116994) (the "Registration Statement") Dear Mr. Green: In connection with the Registration Statement, the Registrant hereby requests that the effective date of such Registration Statement be accelerated so that it will be declared effective on August 13, 2004, or as soon thereafter as possible. Please call the undersigned at (312) 407-0863 or Christopher M. Rohrbacher at (312) 407-0940 when a determination as to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been made. In connection with the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Registrant acknowledges that the disclosure included in the Registration Statement is the responsibility of the Registrant, and the Registrant further acknowledges that the action of the Commission or the staff acting pursuant to delegated authority in accelerating the effective date thereof does not relieve the Registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosures in the Registration Statement; and that should the Commission or the staff accelerate the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Registrant will not assert this action as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. Yours truly, /s/ Charles B. Taylor Charles B. Taylor