Item 77D DWS Core Plus Income Fund (a series
of DWS Portfolio Trust)

At a meeting held September 18-19, 2008, the Board
of Trustees of DWS Core Plus Income Fund, a series
of DWS Portfolio Trust, approved the termination of
Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. ("AAMI"), as the
fund's subadvisor and Aberdeen Asset Management
Investment Services Limited ("AAMISL") as the
fund's sub-subadvisor.  Effective December 1, 2008,
Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc.
(the "Advisor") will assume all day-to-day advisory
responsibilities for the fund that were previously
delegated to AAMI and AAMISL.

The fund's Board has also approved certain changes
to the fund's investment strategy as follows:

The fund seeks to maximize total return consistent
with preservation of capital and prudent investment
management, by investing for both current income
and capital appreciation.

The fund primarily invests in US dollar-
denominated fixed income securities, including
corporate bonds, US government and agency bonds
and mortgage- and asset-backed securities. A
significant portion of the fund's assets may also be
allocated among foreign investment grade fixed
income securities, high yield bonds of US and
foreign issuers (including high yield bonds of issuers
in countries with new or emerging securities
markets), or, to maintain liquidity, in cash or
money market instruments.

The fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in
foreign investment grade bonds (those considered to
be in the top four grades of credit quality).

In addition, the fund may also invest up to 35% of
total assets in securities of US and foreign issuers
that are below investment grade (rated as low as the
sixth credit grade, i.e., grade B, otherwise known as
junk bonds). Compared to investment-grade bonds,
junk bonds may pay higher yields, have higher
volatility and may have higher risk of default on
payments of interest or principal.

The fund may invest up to 20% of total assets in US
dollar or foreign currency denominated bonds of
issuers located in countries with new or emerging
securities markets.

The fund may have exposure of up to 15% of total
assets in foreign currencies. Currency forward
contracts are permitted for both non-hedging and
hedging purposes.

US Investment Grade Securities. In selecting these
securities for investment, the advisor typically:
*	assigns a relative value to each bond, based
on creditworthiness, cash flow and price;
*	determines the value of each issue by
examining the issuer's credit quality, debt
structure, option value and liquidity risks.
The portfolio managers look to take
advantage of any inefficiencies between this
value and market trading price;
*	uses credit analysis to determine the issuer's
ability to fulfill its contracts; and
*	uses a bottom-up approach which
subordinates sector weightings to individual
bonds that the advisor believes may add
above-market value.

The advisor generally sells these securities when
they reach their target price or when there is a
negative change in their outlook relative to the other
securities held by the fund. Bonds may also be sold
to facilitate the purchase of an issue with more
attractive risk/return characteristics.

Foreign Investment Grade Securities and
Emerging Markets High Yield Securities. In
selecting these securities for investment, the advisor
follows a bottom-up, relative value strategy. The
advisor looks to purchase foreign securities that
offer incremental value over US Treasuries. The
advisor invests in a focused fashion, so that it is not
simply investing in a basket of all non-US fixed
income markets, but instead only those markets that
its relative value process has identified as being the
most attractive. The advisor sells securities or
exchanges currencies when they meet their target
price objectives or when the advisor revises price
objectives downward. In selecting emerging market
securities, the advisor also considers short-term
factors such as market sentiment, capital flows, and
new issue programs.

High Yield Securities (Excluding Emerging
Market Sovereign Debt). In selecting these
securities for investment, the advisor:
*	analyzes economic conditions for improving
or undervalued sectors and industries;
*	uses independent credit research and on-site
management visits to evaluate individual
issuer's debt service, growth rate, and both
downgrade and upgrade potential;
*	assesses new issues versus secondary market
opportunities; and
*	seeks issues within attractive industry
sectors and with strong long-term
fundamentals and improving credits.

Factors that influence the portfolio managers'
decision to sell a security could include the
realization of anticipated gains/target yield,
deterioration in a company's fundamentals (i.e., a
repeated shortfall in revenues or cash flow), or some
unexpected development that, in the portfolio
managers' opinion, will diminish the company's
competitive position or ability to generate adequate
cash flow.

Derivatives. The fund is permitted, but not required,
to use various types of derivatives (contracts whose
value is based on, for example, indices, currencies or
securities). Derivatives may be used for hedging and
for risk management or for non-hedging purposes to
seek to enhance potential gains. The fund may use
derivatives in circumstances where portfolio
management believes they offer an economical
means of gaining exposure to a particular asset class
or to keep cash on hand to meet shareholder
redemptions or other needs while maintaining
exposure to the market. In particular, the fund may
use interest rate and currency futures contracts,
eurodollars futures contracts, interest rate and
currency swaps, and credit default swaps.


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