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                      OPPENHEIMER MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST

                 Two World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048-0203

                    Notice Of Annual Meeting Of Shareholders
                            To Be Held April 16, 1998

To The Shareholders of Oppenheimer Multi-Sector Income Trust:

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Shareholders  of
Oppenheimer  Multi-Sector  Income  Trust (the "Fund") will be held at 6803 South
Tucson Way, Englewood,  Colorado 80112, at 11:30 A.M., Denver time, on Thursday,
April 16, 1998, or any adjournments  thereof (the "Meeting"),  for the following
purposes:

 (1)  To elect five  Trustees in Class B to hold  office  until the term of such
      class  shall  expire in 2001,  or until their  successors  are elected and
      shall qualify;

 (2)  To ratify  the  selection  of KPMG  Peat  Marwick  LLP as the  independent
      certified public  accountants and auditors of the Fund for the fiscal year
      commencing November 1, 1997 (Proposal No. 1); and

 (3) To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting.

Shareholders  of  record at the  close of  business  on  February  20,  1998 are
entitled to vote at the  Meeting.  The election of Trustees and the Proposal are
more fully  discussed in the Proxy  Statement.  Please read it carefully  before
telling  us,  through  your proxy or in person,  how you wish your  shares to be
voted.  The Board of Trustees of the Fund recommends a vote to elect each of its
nominees as Trustee and in favor of the Proposals. WE URGE YOU TO SIGN, DATE AND
MAIL THE ENCLOSED PROXY PROMPTLY.

By Order of the Board of Trustees,


Andrew J. Donohue, Secretary

February 25, 1998
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Shareholders  who do not expect to attend the Meeting are  requested to indicate
voting instructions on the enclosed proxy and to date, sign and return it in the
accompanying  postage-paid  envelope. To avoid unnecessary expense and duplicate
mailings,  we ask your  cooperation in promptly mailing your proxy no matter how
large or small your holdings may be.






                      OPPENHEIMER MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST

                 Two World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048-0203


                                 PROXY STATEMENT

                         Annual Meeting Of Shareholders
                            To Be Held April 16, 1998


This  Proxy   Statement  is  furnished  to  the   shareholders   of  Oppenheimer
Multi-Sector  Income Trust (the "Fund") in connection  with the  solicitation by
the Fund's  Board of  Trustees  of  proxies to be used at the Annual  Meeting of
Shareholders to be held at 6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood,  Colorado 80112, at
11:30 A.M., Denver time, on Thursday, April 16, 1998 or any adjournments thereof
(the "Meeting"). It is expected that the mailing of this Proxy Statement will be
made on or  about  February  25,  1998.  For a free  copy of the  annual  report
covering the  operations of the Fund for the fiscal year ended October 31, 1997,
call the  Fund's  transfer  agent,  Shareholder  Financial  Services,  Inc.,  at
1-800-647-7374.

The enclosed proxy, if properly executed and returned, will be voted (or counted
as an  abstention  or  withheld  from  voting) in  accordance  with the  choices
specified thereon, and will be included in determining whether there is a quorum
to conduct the  Meeting.  The proxy will be voted in favor of the  nominees  for
Trustee named in this Proxy  Statement  unless a choice is indicated to withhold
authority to vote for all listed nominees or any individual  nominee.  The proxy
will be voted in favor of the  Proposal  unless a choice  is  indicated  to vote
against or to abstain from voting on the Proposal.

Shares  owned of record by  broker-dealers  for the  benefit of their  customers
("street  account  shares")  will  be  voted  by  the  broker-dealer   based  on
instructions received from its customers.  If no instructions are received,  the
broker-dealer  may (if permitted  under  applicable  stock exchange  rules),  as
record holder, vote such shares for the election of Trustees and on the Proposal
in the same  proportion as that  broker-dealer  votes street  account shares for
which voting  instructions were timely received.  Abstentions will be counted as
present for purposes of  determining a quorum and will have the same effect as a
vote against the proposal.

If at the time any  session  of the  Meeting  is called to order a quorum is not
present,  in person or by proxy,  the  persons  named as proxies  may vote those
proxies  which have been received to adjourn the Meeting to a later date. In the
event that a quorum is present  but  sufficient  votes in favor of the  proposal
have not been  received,  the  persons  named as proxies may propose one or more
adjournments  of the  Meeting to permit  further  solicitation  of proxies  with
respect to any such proposal. All such adjournments will require the affirmative
vote of a majority of the shares present in person or by proxy at the session of
the  Meeting to be  adjourned.  The  persons  names as  proxies  will vote those
proxies  which they are entitled to vote in favor of the  proposal,  in favor of
such an  adjournment,  and will vote those proxies  required to be voted against
the proposal,  against any such adjournment.  A vote may be taken on one or more
of the proposals in this proxy statement prior to any such

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adjournment  if  sufficient  votes for its approval have been received and it is
otherwise  appropriate.  Any adjourned session or sessions may be held within 90
days  after the date set for the  original  Meeting  without  the  necessity  of
further notice.

If a  shareholder  executes  and returns a proxy but fails to  indicate  how the
votes  should be cast,  the proxy will be voted in favor of the election of each
of the nominees named herein for Trustee and in favor of the Proposal.

The proxy may be revoked at any time prior to the voting by: (1)  writing to the
Secretary of the Fund at Two World Trade Center,  New York, New York 10048-0203;
(2) attending  the Meeting and voting in person;  or (3) signing and returning a
new proxy (if returned and received in time to be voted).

The cost of the  preparation  and  distribution  of these proxy  materials is an
expense of the Fund. In addition to the solicitation of proxies by mail, proxies
may be  solicited  by  officers  or  employees  of the  Fund's  transfer  agent,
Shareholder  Financial Services,  Inc. (a subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds,  Inc.,
the Fund's  investment  adviser),  or by  officers  or  employees  of the Fund's
investment  adviser,  personally or by telephone or  telegraph;  any expenses so
incurred  will also be borne by the Fund.  Proxies  may also be  solicited  by a
proxy  solicitation firm hired at the Fund's expense for such purpose.  Brokers,
banks and other  fiduciaries may be required to forward  soliciting  material to
their principals and to obtain  authorization for the execution of proxies.  For
those  services  they will be  reimbursed  by the Fund for  their  out-of-pocket
expenses.

Shares  Outstanding  and  Entitled to Vote.  As of February  20, 1998 the record
date,  there were  29,116,067  shares of the Fund  issued and  outstanding.  All
shares of the Fund have equal  voting  rights as to the election of Trustees and
as to the Proposal  described herein,  and the holders of shares are entitled to
one vote for each share (and a fractional  vote for a fractional  share) held of
record at the close of business on the record date.  As of the record date,  the
only person know by the management of the Fund to own or be the beneficial owner
of 5%  or  more  of  the  outstanding  shares  of  the  Fund  was  Paine  Webber
Incorporated,  1000 Harbor Boulevard,  6th Floor,  Union City, New Jersey 07087-
6727,  which owned of record  5,819,138  shares  (19.99% of the  shares);  Smith
Barney,  Inc., 388 Greenwich Street,  30th Floor, New York, New York 10013-2375,
which owned 2,291,472 shares (7.87% of the shares); Prudential Securities, Inc.,
One York Plaza,  Floor 8, New York, New York 10004, which owned 1,980,411 shares
(6.80% of the shares);  and AG Edwards & Sons, Inc., One North Jefferson Avenue,
St. Louis, Missouri 63103, which owned 1,855,426 shares (6.37% of the shares)

                              ELECTION OF TRUSTEES

The  Fund's  Declaration  of Trust  provides  that the Board of  Trustees  shall
consist of three  classes of Trustees  with  overlapping  three year terms.  One
class of Trustees is to be elected  each year with terms  extending to the third
succeeding  annual meeting after such election,  or until their successors shall
be duly elected and shall have qualified.  At the Meeting, five Class B Trustees
are to be elected  for a three year term,  as  described  below,  or until their
respective  successors  shall be duly  elected  and shall  have  qualified.  The
persons named as  attorneys-in-fact  in the enclosed proxy have advised the Fund
that unless a proxy instructs them to withhold  authority to vote for all listed
nominees or any individual  nominee,  all validly executed proxies will be voted
by them for the  election of the  nominees  named below as Trustees of the Fund.
The proxies being solicited hereby cannot be voted for more than five nominees.

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Each of the Class B Nominees, Robert G. Galli, Benjamin Lipstein, Kenneth A.
Randall, Edward V. Regan and Russell S. Reynolds, Jr. are presently Trustees of
the Fund.  All present Trustees of the Fund have been previously elected by the
Fund's shareholders. Each nominee has agreed to be nominated and to serve as a
Trustee.  Class B Trustees to be elected at the Meeting shall serve as such for
a three year term and constitute the second class of the Board.  The classes of
the Board and the expiration dates of their terms of office are shown below.

Each of the  nominees  and other  Trustees  is also a  trustee  or  director  of
Oppenheimer  California  Municipal Fund,  Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund,
Oppenheimer  Developing Markets Fund,  Oppenheimer  Discovery Fund,  Oppenheimer
Enterprise Fund,  Oppenheimer  Global Fund,  Oppenheimer  Global Growth & Income
Fund,  Oppenheimer  Gold &  Special  Minerals  Fund,  Oppenheimer  Growth  Fund,
Oppenheimer  International Growth Fund, Oppenheimer  International Small Company
Fund, Oppenheimer Mid-Cap Fund, Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc., Oppenheimer
Multiple Strategies Fund,  Oppenheimer Municipal Bond Fund, Oppenheimer New York
Municipal Fund,  Oppenheimer  Multi-State  Municipal Trust,  Oppenheimer  Series
Fund,  Inc. and  Oppenheimer  World Bond Fund (the "New  York-based  Oppenheimer
funds"), except that Ms. Macaskill is not a Director of Oppenheimer Money Market
Fund, Inc. Ms. Macaskill and Messrs. Spiro, Levy, Bishop, Bowen, Donohue, Farrar
and Zack  respectively  hold the same  offices  with the  other  New  York-based
Oppenheimer funds as with the Fund.

The nominees and other Trustees  indicated  below by an asterisk are "interested
persons"  (as that term is defined in the  Investment  Company  Act of 1940,  as
amended,  hereinafter  referred to as the "Investment  Company Act") of the Fund
due to the  positions  indicated  with the  Adviser or its  affiliates  or other
positions  described.  The year given below  indicates when the nominees and the
other  Trustees  first became a trustee or director of any of the New York-based
Oppenheimer  funds without a break in service.  If any of the nominees should be
unable to accept  nomination  or  election,  it is the  intention of the persons
named as  attorneys-in-fact  in the  enclosed  proxy to vote such  proxy for the
election of such other person or persons selected and nominated by disinterested
Trustees as the Board of Trustees may, in its discretion, recommend.

As of February 20, 1998 the Trustees held shares of the Fund, as follows: Donald
W. Spiro  beneficially  owned  25,000  shares of the Fund held in an account for
which Mr. Spiro is a trustee;  Benjamin Lipstein disclaims  beneficial ownership
of 1,000  shares of the Fund held by his wife,  and  Robert G.  Galli held 3,000
shares of the Fund in a joint tenancy account and disclaims beneficial ownership
of such shares.  Except for the  foregoing,  no other Trustee and no officers of
the Fund beneficially owned any shares of the Fund as of February 20, 1998.


Name and                     Business Experience                        Term
Other Information            During the Past Five Years                 Expires

Class A

Leon Levy                    General Partner of                         2000
   first became a            Odyssey Partners, L.P.(investment
   Trustee in 1959           partnership)(since 1982); and
   Age: 72                   Chairman of Avatar Holdings, Inc.
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Bridget A. Macaskill*#       President (since June 1991),               2000
   first became a            Chief Executive Officer (since
   Trustee in 1995           September 1995) and a Director
   Age: 49                   Adviser; President and director
                             (since December 1994) of the Adviser; President and
                             Director   (since  June  1991)of   HarbourView,   a
                             subsidiary of the Adviser;  Chairman and a director
                             of SSI  (since  August  1994),  and SFSI,  transfer
                             agent  subsidiaries of the Adviser (since September
                             1995);  President  (since  September  1995)  and  a
                             director   (since   October  1990)  of  Oppenheimer
                             Acquisition  Corp.  ("OAC"),  the Adviser's  parent
                             holding  company;  President (since September 1995)
                             and a director(since  November 1989) of Oppenheimer
                             Partnership  Holdings,   Inc.,  a  holding  company
                             subsidiary   of  the   Adviser;   a   director   of
                             Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (since July
                             1996);  President  and a  director  (since  October
                             1997) of  OppenheimerFunds  International  Ltd., an
                             offshore  fund  manager  subsidiary  of the Adviser
                             ("OFIL")  and  Oppenheimer   Millennium  Funds  plc
                             (since October  1997);  President and a director of
                             other  Oppenheimer  funds; a director of the NASDAQ
                             Stock Market, Inc. and of Hillsdown Holdings plc (a
                             U.K.  food  company);  formerly an  Executive  Vice
                             President of the Adviser.

Clayton K. Yeutter           Of Counsel to Hogan & Hartson              2000
   first became a            (a law firm); a director of B.A.T.
   Trustee in 1993           Industries, Ltd. (tobacco and
   Age: 67                   financial services), Caterpillar, Inc.
                             (machinery), ConAgra, Inc. (food and
                             agricultural products), Farmers
                             Insurance Company (insurance), FMC Corp.
                             (chemicals and machinery), Texas
                             Instruments, Inc.(electronics);
                             formerly (in descending order)
                             Counselor to the President (Bush)
                             for Domestic Policy, Chairman
                             of the Republican National Committee,
                             Secretary  of the U.S. Department
                             of Agriculture, and U.S. Trade
                             Representative.




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* A Trustee who is an "interested person" of the Fund.
# Not a director of Oppenheimer Money Market Fund, Inc.


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Class B

Robert G. Galli              Formerly he held the following             1998
   first became a            positions: Vice Chairman of
   Trustee in 1993           OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (The "Manager")
   Age: 64                   (October 1995-December 1997);
                             Vice President and Counsel of
                             Oppenheimer    Acquisition   Corp.   ("OAC"),   the
                             Adviser's  parent holding  company;  Executive Vice
                             President,  General  Counsel  and a director of the
                             Adviser and OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.,Vice
                             President  and  a  director  of   HarbourView   and
                             Centennial     Asset     Management     Corporation
                             ("Centennial"),  investment adviser subsidiaries of
                             the Adviser,  a director of SFSI and SSI,  transfer
                             agent  subsidiaries of the Adviser,  and an officer
                             of other Oppenheimer funds.

Benjamin Lipstein            Professor Emeritus of Marketing,           1998
   first became a            Stern Graduate School of Business
   Trustee in 1974           Administration, New York University;
   Age: 74                   formerly a director of Sussex
                             Publishers,Inc. (publishers of
                             Psychology Today and Mother Earth News)
                             and Spy Magazine, L.P.

Kenneth A. Randall           A director of Dominion Resources,          1998
   first became a            Inc.(electric utility holding
   Trustee in 1980           company), Dominion Energy, Inc.
   Age: 70                   (electric power  and oil & gas
                             producer), Texas Cogeneration Company
                             (cogeneration company), Prime Retail,
                             Inc. (real estate investment trust);
                             formerly President and Chief Executive
                             Officer of The Conference Board, Inc.
                             (international economic and business
                             research)and a director of Lumbermens
                             Mutual Casualty Company, American
                             Motorists Insurance Company and American
                             Manufactures Insurance Company.

Edward V. Regan              Chairman of Municipal Assistance           1998
   first became a            Corporation for the City of New York;
   Trustee in 1993           Senior Fellow of Jerome Levy Economics
   Age: 67                   Institute, Bard College; a member of
                             the U.S. Competitiveness Policy Council; a director
                             of  River  Bank  America  (real  estate   manager);
                             Trustee,  Financial Accounting Foundation (FASB and
                             ASB);  formerly  New  York  State  Comptroller  and
                             trustee, New York State and Local Retirement Fund.

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Russell S. Reynolds, Jr.     Founder Chairman of Russell                1998
   first became a            Reynolds Associates, Inc.
   Trustee in 1989           (executive recruiting); Chairman
   Age: 65                   of Directorship, Inc.(corporate
                             governance consulting);  a director of Professional
                             Staff Limited  (U.K.);  a trustee of Mystic Seaport
                             Museum,    International    House   and   Greenwich
                             Historical Society.


Class C

Elizabeth B. Moynihan        Author and architectural historian;        1999
   first became a            a trustee of the Freer Gallery of
   Trustee in 1992           Art(Smithsonian Institution), the
   Age: 68                   Institute of Fine Arts (New York
                             University), and National Building
                             Museum; a member of the Trustees
                             Council, Preservation League of New
                             York State, and of the Indo-U.S.
                             Sub-Commission on Education and Culture.

Donald W. Spiro*             Chairman Emeritus (since August            1999
   first became a            1991)and a director (since January
   Trustee in 1985           1969)of the Adviser; formerly Chairman
   Age: 72                   of the Adviser and the Distributor.


Pauline Trigere              Chairman and Chief Executive               1999
   first became a            Officer of Trigere, Inc.
   Trustee in 1977           (design and sale of women's
   Age: 85                   fashions).
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* A Trustee who is an "interested person" of the Fund.

Vote Required.  The affirmative  vote of the holders of a majority of the voting
shares of the Fund represented in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at the
Meeting is  required  for the  election  of a nominee as  Trustee.  The Board of
Trustees recommends a vote for the election of each nominee.

Functions  of  the  Board  of  Trustees.  The  primary  responsibility  for  the
management  of the Fund  rests with the Board of  Trustees.  The  Trustees  meet
regularly  to review the  activities  of the Fund and of the  Adviser,  which is
responsible for the Fund's  day-to-day  operations.  Six regular meetings of the
Trustees  were held during the fiscal year ended  October 31, 1997.  Each of the
Trustees was present for at least 75% of the  meetings  held of the Board and of
all  committees  on which that  Trustee  served.  The  Trustees of the Fund have
appointed an Audit Committee, comprised of Messrs. Randall (Chairman), Lipstein,
and Regan,  none of whom is an  "interested  person" (as that term is defined in
the  Investment  Company Act) of the Adviser or the Fund.  The  functions of the
Committee  include  (i)  making  recommendations  to the  Board  concerning  the
selection of independent auditors for the Fund (subject to

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shareholder  ratification);  (ii)  reviewing  the methods,  scope and results of
audits and the fees charged; (iii) reviewing the adequacy of the Fund's internal
accounting  procedures  and controls;  and (iv)  establishing a separate line of
communication  between  the  Fund's  independent  auditors  and its  independent
Trustees.  The Committee met four times during the fiscal year ended October 31,
1997. The Board of Trustees does not have a standing  nominating or compensation
committee.


      o Remuneration of Trustees.  The officers of the Fund and certain Trustees
of the Fund (Ms.  Macaskill and Mr. Spiro) who are  affiliated  with the Manager
receive  no salary or fee from the Fund.  Mr.  Galli  received  no salary or fee
prior to  January 1, 1998.  The  remaining  Trustees  of the Fund  received  the
compensation  shown below.  The  compensation  from the Fund was paid during its
fiscal  year  ended  October  31,  1997.  The  compensation  from all of the New
York-based Oppenheimer funds includes the Fund and is compensation received as a
director, trustee or member of a committee of the Board during the calendar year
1997.

                                                            Total
                                          Retirement        Compensation
                                          Benefits          From All New
                           Aggregate      Accrued as        York-based
Name and                   Compensation   Part of Fund      Oppenheimer
Position                   from Fund      Expenses          funds1

Leon Levy                     $6,624      $6,585            $158,500
  Chairman and
  Trustee

Benjamin Lipstein             $5,726      $5,692            $137,000
  Study
  Committee
  Chairman, Audit
  Committee Member
  and Trustee2

Elizabeth B. Moynihan         $4,033      $4,009            $ 96,500
  Study
  Committee
  Member and
  Trustee

Kenneth A. Randall            $3,699      $3,677            $ 88,500
  Audit
  Committee
  Chairman and
  Trustee

Edward V. Regan               $3,657      $3,635            $ 87,500
  Proxy Committee

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  Chairman,
  Audit
  Committee
  Member and
  Trustee

Russell S.
Reynolds, Jr.                 $2,737      $2,721            $65,500
  Proxy Committee
  Member and
  Trustee

Pauline Trigere               $2,445      $2,431            $ 58,500
Trustee

Clayton K. Yeutter            2,737       $2,721            $ 65,500
  Proxy Committee
  Member and
  Trustee

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1  For the 1997 calendar year.
2 Committee position held during a portion of the period shown.

   The Fund has adopted a retirement plan that provides for payment to a retired
Trustee of up to 80% of the average compensation paid during that Trustee's five
years of service in which the highest  compensation was received. A Trustee must
serve in that capacity for any of the New  York-based  Oppenheimer  funds for at
least 15 years to be eligible for the maximum  payment.  Because each  Trustee's
retirement   benefits  will  depend  on  the  amount  of  the  Trustee's  future
compensation  and  length of  service,  the amount of those  benefits  cannot be
determined  at this  time,  nor can the Fund  estimate  the  number  of years of
credited service that will be used to determine those benefits.


Deferred  Compensation  Plan.  The Board of  Trustees  has  adopted  a  Deferred
Compensation Plan for disinterested trustees that enables them to elect to defer
receipt of all or a portion of the annual fees they are entitled to receive from
the Fund. Under the plan, the compensation deferred by a Trustee is periodically
adjusted as though an  equivalent  amount had been  invested in shares of one or
more  Oppenheimer  funds elected by the Trustee.  The amount paid to the Trustee
under the plan will be  determined  based upon the  performance  of the selected
funds.  Deferral of Trustee's fees under the plan will not materially affect the
Fund's assets,  liabilities and net income per share. The plan will not obligate
the fund to retain the services of any Trustee or to pay any particular level of
compensation  to any Trustee.  Pursuant to an Order issued by the Securities and
Exchange  Commission,  the Fund may invest in the funds  selected by the Trustee
under  the  plan  without  shareholder  approval  for  the  limited  purpose  of
determining the value of the

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Trustee's deferred fee account.

Officers  of the Fund.  Each  officer of the Fund is elected by the  Trustees to
serve an annual  term.  Information  is given below  about the Fund's  executive
officers who are not Trustees of the Fund,  including their business  experience
during the past five years.  Messrs.  Bishop,  Bowen,  Donohue,  Farrar and Zack
serve in a similar capacity with the other New York-based Oppenheimer funds.

Robert E. Patterson, Vice President and Portfolio Manager; Age: 54.
   Senior Vice President of the Adviser (since 1993); an officer of other
   Oppenheimer funds.


Thomas P. Reedy, Vice President and Portfolio Manager; Age: 36.
   Vice President of the Adviser (since June 1993); an officer of other
   Oppenheimer funds; formerly a Securities Analyst for the Adviser.

Ashwin K. Vasan, Vice President and Portfolio Manager; Age: 35.
   Vice President of the Adviser (since July 1993); an officer of other
   Oppenheimer funds; formerly a Securities Analyst for the Adviser, prior to
   which he was a Securities Analyst for Citibank, N.A.

Carol E. Wolf, Vice President and Portfolio Manager; Age: 46.
   Vice President of the Adviser and Centennial (since June 1990); an officer
   of other Oppenheimer funds.

Arthur J. Zimmer, Vice President and Portfolio Manager; Age: 51.
   Vice President of the Adviser and Centennial; an officer of other
   Oppenheimer funds.

Andrew J. Donohue, Secretary; Age: 47
   Executive Vice President (since January 1993), General Counsel (since October
   1991) and a director (since  September  1995) of the Adviser;  Executive Vice
   President  (since  September 1993) and a director (since January 1992) of the
   Distributor;  Executive  Vice  President,  General  Counsel and a director of
   HarbourView,  SSI, SFSI and  Oppenheimer  Partnership  Holdings,  Inc.  since
   (September  1995) and MultiSource  Services,  Inc. (a  broker-dealer)  (since
   December  1995);  President  and a director of  Centennial  (since  September
   1995);  President and a director of Oppenheimer Real Asset  Management,  Inc.
   (since July 1996);  General  Counsel  (since May 1996) and  Secretary  (since
   April 1997) of OAC; Vice President of OFIL and Oppenheimer  Millennium  Funds
   plc (since October 1997); an officer of other Oppenheimer funds.

George C. Bowen, Treasurer; Age: 61
   Senior Vice President (since September 1987) and Treasurer (since March 1985)
   of the Adviser;  Vice President  (since June 1983) and Treasurer (since March
   1985) of the  Distributor;  Vice President (since October 1989) and Treasurer
   (since April 1986) of  HarbourView;  Senior Vice  President  (since  February
   1992),  Treasurer  (since July 1991)and a director  (since  December 1991) of
   Centennial;  President,  Treasurer  and  a  director  of  Centennial  Capital
   Corporation (since June 1989); Vice President and

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   Treasurer  (since August 1978) and Secretary  (since April 1981) of SSI; Vice
   President,  Treasurer and Secretary of SFSI (since November 1989);  Treasurer
   of OAC (since June 1990); Treasurer of Oppenheimer Partnership Holdings, Inc.
   (since November 1989); Vice President and Treasurer of Oppenheimer Real Asset
   Management,  Inc. (since July 1996); Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer and a
   director of  MultiSource  Services,  Inc., a  broker-dealer  (since  December
   1995);  Trustee (since December 1997) of the Denver-based  Oppenheimer Funds;
   an officer of other Oppenheimer funds.

Robert J. Bishop, Assistant Treasurer; Age: 39
   6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood,  Colorado 80112
   Vice President of the  Adviser/Mutual  Fund  Accounting  (since May 1996); an
   officer of other Oppenheimer  funds;  formerly an Assistant Vice President of
   the  Adviser/Mutual  Fund  Accounting  (April  1994-May  1996),  and  a  Fund
   Controller for the Adviser.

Scott T. Farrar, Assistant Treasurer; Age: 32
   6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood,  Colorado 80112
   Vice  President  of the  Adviser/Mutual  Fund  Accounting  (since  May 1996);
   Assistant Treasurer of Oppenheimer Millennium Funds plc (since October 1997);
   an officer of other Oppenheimer  funds;  formerly an Assistant Vice President
   of the Adviser/Mutual Fund Accounting (April 1994-May 1996), and
   a Fund Controller for the Adviser.

Robert G. Zack, Assistant Secretary; Age: 49
   Senior Vice President  (since May 1985) and Associate  General Counsel (since
   May 1981) of the  Adviser,  Assistant  Secretary  of SSI (since May 1985) and
   SFSI (since November  1989);  Assistant  Secretary of Oppenheimer  Millennium
   Funds plc (since October 1997); an officer of other Oppenheimer funds.

                  RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
                                (Proposal No. 1)

The  Investment   Company  Act  requires  that   independent   certified  public
accountants  and  auditors  ("auditors")  be  selected  annually by the Board of
Trustees  and  that  such  selection  be  ratified  by the  shareholders  at the
next-convened  annual meeting of the Fund, if one is held. The Board of Trustees
of the Fund,  including  a  majority  of the  Trustees  who are not  "interested
persons" (as defined in the Investment  Company Act) of the Fund or the Adviser,
at a meeting  held  October 9, 1997  selected  KPMG Peat Marwick LLP ("KPMG") as
auditors of the Fund for the fiscal year beginning  November 1, 1997.  KPMG also
serves as  auditors  for  certain  other  funds for  which the  Adviser  acts as
investment  adviser.  At the  Meeting,  a resolution  will be presented  for the
shareholders' vote to ratify the selection of KPMG as auditors.  Representatives
of KPMG are not  expected  to be present at the  Meeting  but will be  available
should  any  matter  arise  requiring  their  presence.  The  Board of  Trustees
recommends approval of the selection of KPMG as auditors of the Fund.




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                             Additional Information

The Adviser and the  Transfer  Agent.  Subject to the  authority of the Board of
Trustees, the Adviser is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund's
business,   pursuant  to  its  investment  advisory  agreement  with  the  Fund.
Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. ("SFSI"), a subsidiary of the Adviser, acts
as primary transfer agent, shareholder servicing agent and dividend paying agent
for the Fund. Fees paid to SFSI are based on the number of shareholder  accounts
and the  number  of  shareholder  transactions,  plus  out-of-pocket  costs  and
expenses.  The Fund  incurred  approximately  $79,657 in expenses for the fiscal
year ended October 31, 1997 for services provided by SFSI.

The Adviser (including  subsidiaries)  currently manages  investment  companies,
including other  Oppenheimer  funds,  with assets of more than $75 billion as of
December  31, 1997,  and with more than 3.5 million  shareholder  accounts.  The
Adviser is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. ("OAC"), a
holding  company  controlled  by  Massachusetts  Mutual Life  Insurance  Company
("MassMutual").  The Adviser and OAC are located at Two World Trade Center,  New
York, New York 10048.  MassMutual is located at 1295 State Street,  Springfield,
Massachusetts  01111. OAC acquired the Adviser on October 22, 1990. As indicated
below, the common stock of OAC is owned by (i) certain officers and/or directors
of the Adviser,  (ii) MassMutual and (iii) another  investor.  No institution or
person holds 5% or more of OAC's  outstanding  common  stock except  MassMutual.
MassMutual has engaged in the life insurance business since 1851.

The common  stock of OAC is divided  into three  classes.  At December 31, 1997,
MassMutual  held (i) all of the 2,160,000  shares of Class A voting stock,  (ii)
827,181 shares of Class B voting stock,  and (iii)  1,441,473  shares of Class C
non-voting stock. This collectively  represented 88.6% of the outstanding common
stock and 95.3% of the  voting  power of OAC as of that date.  Certain  officers
and/or  directors of the Adviser  held (i) 405,090  shares of the Class B voting
stock,  representing 8.1% of the outstanding common stock and 3.0% of the voting
power, and (ii) options  acquired  without cash payment which,  when they become
exercisable,  allow the  holders to  purchase  up to  607,342  shares of Class C
non-voting  stock. That group includes persons who serve as officers of the Fund
and Ms.  Macaskill and Mr.  Donald W. Spiro,  who serve as Trustees of the Fund.
Holders of OAC Class B and Class C common  stock may put (sell) their shares and
vested options to OAC or MassMutual at a formula price (based on earnings of the
Adviser).  MassMutual may exercise call  (purchase)  options on all  outstanding
shares of both such  classes  of common  stock and  vested  options  at the same
formula price.  From the period  November 1, 1996 to December 31, 1997, the only
transactions by persons who serve as Trustees of the Fund were by Ms. Macaskill,
who  surrendered to OAC 20,000 stock  appreciation  rights issued in tandem with
the Class C OAC options, for cash payments aggregating $1,421,800 and Mr. Galli,
who  sold  10,000  shares  of Class C OAC  common  stock  to  MassMutual  for an
aggregate of $810,900. Mr. Galli no longer holds any OAC stock or options

The names and principal occupations of the executive officers and directors of
the Adviser are as follows: Bridget A. Macaskill, President, Chief Executive
Officer and a director; Donald W. Spiro, Chairman Emeritus and a director; James

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C. Swain, Vice Chairman;  Jeremy  Griffiths,  Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial  Officer;  Robert C. Doll,  Executive  Vice  President and a director;
Andrew J. Donohue, Executive Vice President,  General Counsel and a director; O.
Leonard Darling, Paula Gabriele,  Barbara Hennigar, James Ruff, Loretta McCarthy
and Nancy  Sperte,  Executive  Vice  Presidents;  George C.  Bowen,  Senior Vice
President and Treasurer;  Peter M. Antos, Victor Babin, Robert A. Densen,  Craig
Dinsell,  Ronald H. Fielding,  Thomas W. Keffer,  Robert E.  Patterson,  Russell
Read, Richard Rubinstein, Arthur Steinmetz, Ralph Stellmacher, John Stoma, Jerry
A. Webman,  William L. Wilby and Robert G. Zack,  Senior Vice Presidents.  These
officers are located at one of the four offices of the Adviser:  Two World Trade
Center, New York, NY 10048-0203; 6803 South Tucson Way, Englewood, CO 80112; 350
Linden Oaks, Rochester,  NY 14625-2807 and One Financial Plaza, 755 Main Street,
Hartford, CT 06103.

The Administrator.  Mitchell Hutchins Asset Management Inc.(the "Administrator")
serves as the Fund's Administrator pursuant to an Administration Agreement
between the Fund and the Administrator.  The address of the Administrator, an
affiliate of Paine Webber Incorporated,is 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York,
New York 10019.

                        RECEIPT OF SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS

Any  shareholder  who wishes to present a proposal for action at the next annual
meeting of shareholders and who wishes to have it set forth in a proxy statement
and identified in the form of proxy prepared by the Fund must notify the Fund in
such a manner so that such  notice is  received  by the Fund by December 1, 1998
and in such form as is required under the rules and  regulations  promulgated by
the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                 OTHER BUSINESS

Management  of the Fund knows of no business  other than the  matters  specified
above that will be presented at the Meeting. Since matters not known at the time
of the solicitation may come before the Meeting,  the proxy as solicited confers
discretionary authority with respect to such matters as may properly come before
the Meeting,  including any adjournment or adjournments  thereof,  and it is the
intention  of the persons  named as  attorneys-in-fact  in the proxy to vote the
proxy in accordance with their judgment on such matters.

                                    By Order of the Board of Trustees,


                                    Andrew J. Donohue, Secretary
                                February 25,1998
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                      OPPENHEIMER MULTI-SECTOR INCOME TRUST
         PROXY FOR ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING TO BE HELD April 16, 1998

Your shareholder vote is important!

Your prompt response can save your Fund the expense of another mailing.

Please  mark your  proxy on the  reverse  side,  date and sign it, and return it
promptly in the  accompanying  envelope,  which requires no postage if mailed in
the United States.

                  Please detach at perforation before mailing.
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Oppenheimer Multi-Sector Income Trust
Proxy for Annual Shareholders Meeting to be held April 16, 1998

The  undersigned  shareholder  of  Oppenheimer  Multi-Sector  Income  Trust (the
"Fund") does hereby appoint Robert  Bishop,  George C. Bowen,  Andrew J. Donohue
and Scott  Farrar,  and each of them,  as  attorneys-in-fact  and proxies of the
undersigned,  with full power of  substitution,  to attend the Annual Meeting of
Shareholders  of the Fund to be held April 16,  1998 at 6803 South  Tucson  Way,
Englewood,  Colorado 80112 at 11:30 A.M.,  Denver time, and at all  adjournments
thereof,  and to vote  the  shares  held in the name of the  undersigned  on the
record date for said  meeting for the  election of Trustees  and on the Proposal
specified on the reverse side. Said  attorneys-in-fact  shall vote in accordance
with their best judgment as to any other matter.

PROXY SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES,  WHICH RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR
THE  ELECTION OF ALL  NOMINEES  FOR TRUSTEE AND FOR THE  PROPOSAL ON THE REVERSE
SIDE.  THE SHARES  REPRESENTED  HEREBY WILL BE VOTED AS INDICATED ON THE REVERSE
SIDE OR FOR IF NO CHOICE IS INDICATED.


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Oppenheimer  Multi-Sector Income Trust/Proxy for Annual Shareholders  Meeting to
be held April 16, 1998.

Your shareholder vote is important!

Your prompt response can save your Fund money.
Please  vote,  sign and mail  your  proxy  ballot  (this  card) in the  enclosed
postage-paid  envelope  today,  no matter how many shares you own. A majority of
the Fund's shares must be  represented  in person or by proxy.  Please vote your
proxy so your Fund can avoid the expense of another mailing.
                   Please detach at perforation before mailing.
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------1.
    Election of Trustees

    A) Robert G. Galli
    B) Benjamin Lipstein
    C) Kenneth A. Randall
    D) Edward V. Regan
    E) Russell S. Reynolds, Jr.

    _______FOR all nominees listed              ___ WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
    except as marked to the contrary.           to vote for all nominees
    Instruction: To withhold authority to       listed at left.
    vote for any individual nominee, line
    out that nominee's name at left.

2.  Ratification of selection of KPMG as independent auditors
    (Proposal No. 1)

            FOR____           AGAINST____             ABSTAIN____

                              Dated:      _____________________, 1998
                                          (Month)          (Day)

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                                  Signature(s)


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                                  Signature(s)

NOTE:  PLEASE  SIGN  EXACTLY AS YOUR  NAME(S)  APPEAR  HEREON.  When  signing as
custodian,  attorney, executor,  administrator,  trustee, etc., please give your
full title as such.  All joint owners should sign this proxy.  If the account is
registered in the name of a  corporation,  partnership  or other entity,  a duly
authorized  individual  must sign on behalf of such  entity  and give his or her
title.

                        Please read both sides of this ballot.

proxy\680#8

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