Re: Goldman Sachs Credit Strategies Fund: Additional Trust to Custodian Contract

ITEM 25.2 EXHIBIT J

May 21, 2009

State Street Bank and Trust Company
Attn: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Lafayette Corporate Center
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Re:		▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Credit Strategies Fund: Additional Trust to Custodian Contract

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the Custodian Contract dated as of July 15, 1991 by and between ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Trust (“▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Trust”) and State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time (the “Custodian Contract”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Custodian Contract.

This is to advise you that ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Credit Strategies Fund (“Credit Strategies Fund”) has been established as a new closed-end management investment company. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Trust and Credit Strategies Fund hereby request that Credit Strategies Fund be added to the Custodian Contract as a Trust party thereunder and that, accordingly, you act as Custodian of Credit Strategies Fund as a Trust under the terms thereof. All references in the Custodian Contract to “the Trust” shall be deemed to apply, as applicable, to Credit Strategies Fund, and all references to a “Fund” of Credit Strategies Fund shall be deemed to refer to Credit Strategies Fund.

Please indicate your acceptance of the foregoing by executing two copies of this letter, returning one and retaining one copy for your records.

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By: Name:		/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇   ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title:		President
		Duly Authorized

▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ CREDIT STRATEGIES FUND

By:		/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name:		▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title:		Secretary
		Duly Authorized

Agreed to as of May 21, 2009:

STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY

By:		/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name:		▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title:		Vice Chairman
		Duly Authorized