Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Trustees of

Dreyfus High Yield Strategies Fund:

We have examined management's assertion, included in the accompanying
Management Statement Regarding Compliance With Certain Provisions of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, that the Dreyfus High Yield Strategies Fund
(the "Fund") complied with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule
17f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Act) as of June 30, 2006.
Management is responsible for the Fund's compliance with those requirements.
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management's assertion about the
Fund's compliance based on our examination.

Our examination was conducted in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and, accordingly,
included examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Fund's compliance
with those requirements and performing such other procedures as we considered
necessary in the circumstances.  Included among our procedures were
the following tests performed as of June 30, 2006 and with respect to agreement
of security purchases and sales, for the period from March 31, 2006
(the date of our last examination), through June 30, 2006:

1. 	Examination of Mellon Bank N.A.'s (the "Custodian") security position
reconciliations for all securities held by sub custodians and in book entry
form;
2. 	Confirmation of all securities hypothecated, pledged or placed in
escrow with brokers;
3.	Inspection of documentation of other securities held in safekeeping
by Custodian but not included in 1) and 2) above;
4. 	Reconciliation between the Fund's accounting records and the
custodian's records as of June 30, 2006 and verified reconciling items;
5.         Confirmation of pending purchases for the Fund as of June 30,
2006 with brokers, where responses were not received, and inspection of
documentation corresponding to subsequent cash payments;
6.	Agreement of pending sale activity for the Fund as of June 30, 2006
to documentation of corresponding subsequent cash receipts;
7.	Agreement of Dreyfus Family of Funds' trade tickets for eight
purchases and seven sales or maturities for the period March 31, 2006 (the
date of our last examination) through June 30, 2006, to the books and records
of the Funds noting that they had been accurately recorded and subsequently
settled;
8. 	Confirmation of all repurchase agreements with brokers/banks and
agreement of underlying collateral with the Custodian's records;
9.	We reviewed Mellon Global Securities Services Report on Controls
Placed in Operation and Tests of Operating Effectiveness ("SAS 70 Report") for
the period January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005 and noted no negative
findings were reported in the areas of Asset Custody and Control; and
10.	We inquired of the Custodian who concurred that all control policies
and procedures detailed in Section IV Control Objectives, Controls and Tests
of Operating Effectiveness of the SAS 70 Reports, have remained in operation
and functioned adequately from March 31, 2006 through June 30, 2006.

We believe that our examination provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Funds'
compliance with specified requirements.

In our opinion, management's assertion that the Dreyfus High Yield Strategies
Fund complied with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2
of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as of June 30, 2006, with respect to
securities reflected in the investment accounts of the Fund is fairly stated,
in all material respects.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and
the Board of Trustees of the Dreyfus High Yield Strategies 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.
KPMG LLP

New York, New York
September 26, 2006


September 26, 2006


Management Statement Regarding Compliance With
Certain Provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940

Management of the Dreyfus High Yield Strategies Fund (the "Fund") is
responsible for complying with the requirements of subsections (b)
and (c) of Rule 17f-2, "Custody of Investments by Registered Management
Investment Companies," of the Investment Company Act of 1940. Management
is also responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal
controls over compliance with those requirements. Management has performed
an evaluation of the Fund's compliance with the requirements of subsections
(b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 as of June 30, 2006 and from March 31, 2006
through June 30, 2006.

Based on this evaluation, Management asserts that the Fund was in compliance
with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 as of June 30, 2006 and from March 31, 2006
through June 30, 2006 with respect to securities reflected in the investment
accounts of the Fund.

Dreyfus High Yield Strategies Fund

James Windels
Treasurer