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SIGNATURE   BARRY FINK
TITLE       VICE PRESIDENT



         Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Mid-Cap Equity Trust
          (formerly named TCW/DW Mid-Cap Equity Trust)

Item 77.C.     Matters Submitted to a Vote of Security Holders  -
June 8, 1999

      Approval  of  a  new investment advisory agreement  between
TCW/DW  Mid-Cap  Equity  Trust and  Morgan  Stanley  Dean  Witter
Advisors Inc.

For: 6,382,378      Against:  138,571        Abstain:    562,201

      Approval  of  a  new sub-advisory agreement between  Morgan
Stanley Dean Witter Advisors Inc. and TCW Funds Management, Inc.

For:6,342,674       Against:    158,865                  Abstain:
     581,611

Item 77c - tcw mid-cap equity























































































ITEM 77M: Mergers

       Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Mid-Cap Equity Trust
        (formerly named TCW/DW Mid-Cap Equity Trust)

          On June 8, 1999, a Special Meeting of Shareholders
of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Mid-Cap Growth Fund ("MSDW Mid-
Cap")  was  held to consider and vote upon an Agreement  and
Plan  of  Reorganization (the "Agreement and Plan")  between
MSDW  Mid-Cap and TCW/DW Mid-Cap Equity Trust ("TCW/DW  Mid-
Cap"), pursuant to which substantially all of the assets  of
MSDW Mid-Cap would be combined with those of  TCW/DW Mid-Cap
and  shareholders of MSDW Mid-Cap would become  shareholders
of  TCW/DW  Mid-Cap receiving the class of shares of  TCW/DW
Mid-Cap that corresponds to the class of shares of MSDW Mid-
Cap which were originally held and with a value equal to the
value  of their holdings in MSDW Mid-Cap. The Agreement  and
Plan were approved by the affirmative vote of a majority  of
the shares of MSDW Mid-Cap represented in person or by proxy
and  entitled to vote at the meeting.  On February 25, 1999,
the  Board  of Trustees unanimously approved such  Agreement
and Plan.

     On  June 28, 1999, the Reorganization Plan between MSDW
Mid-Cap  and TCW/DW Mid-Cap was completed according  to  the
terms  set  forth above and in the Agreement and  Plan.   At
that time, TCW/DW Mid-Cap changed its name to Morgan Stanley
Dean Witter Mid-Cap Equity Trust.



Ms_data\Paraleg\nsar\item 77M TCW Mid-Cap/MSDW Mid-CapGro

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