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DRESDNER RCM GLOBAL FUNDS, INC.
SUPPLEMENT DATED APRIL 21, 1999
TO THE PROSPECTUS DATED DECEMBER 31, 1998
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION SUPPLEMENTS THE INFORMATION FOUND IN THE SECTION
ENTITLED "WHAT DIVIDENDS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS DO THE FUNDS PAY?" AT PAGE 27
OF THE PROSPECTUS.
Normally, dividend and other distribution payments are declared and paid by each
Fund in December, with the exception of the Dresdner RCM Strategic Income Fund,
which expects to declare and pay net investment income dividends on a monthly
basis and net realized capital gains in December.
