LIBERTY FUNDS TRUST III
497, 2000-11-27
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                          Liberty Small-Cap Value Fund
                        Liberty Value Opportunities Fund
                               Liberty Value Fund
                      Liberty All-Star Growth & Income Fund
                         Liberty Strategic Balanced Fund
                       Liberty Short Term Government Fund
                          Liberty Oregon Tax-Free Fund
                         Liberty Florida Tax-Exempt Fund
                        Liberty Michigan Tax-Exempt Fund
                        Liberty Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund
                     Liberty North Carolina Tax-Exempt Fund
                        Liberty Contrarian Small-Cap Fund
                        Liberty Contrarian Balanced Fund
                         Liberty Newport Tiger Cub Fund
                       Liberty Newport Global Equity Fund
                      Liberty Intermediate Tax-Exempt Fund
                                  (the "Funds")

                           SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUSES
                  (Replacing Supplement dated October 26, 2000)

On October 17 or October 26, 2000 the respective Boards of Trustees of the Funds
approved  a  proposal  to  reorganize  each of the  Funds  into  the  respective
Acquiring Fund listed below, subject to shareholder approval. If shareholders of
each  Fund  approve  the  proposal,  all  of the  assets  of the  Fund  will  be
transferred to the respective  Acquiring Fund and shareholders of each Fund will
receive shares of the Acquiring Fund in exchange for their shares.  Shareholders
of each Fund are  scheduled  to vote on the  proposal  at a special  meeting  of
shareholders  to be held on December  27,  2000.  If approved on that date,  the
reorganizations are proposed to take place in January, 2001. Shareholders of the
Funds will be mailed information detailing the proposal on or about November 20,
2000.

In  connection  with the proposed  reorganizations  of the Funds,  the Boards of
Trustees have  suspended the sale of each Fund's  shares  effective  November 8,
2000.  Consequently,  purchase  orders for Fund shares  received  (except  those
purchases that are part of the Automatic  Investment Plan, Automated Dollar Cost
Averaging  program,   Automatic  Dividend  Diversification   program,   dividend
reinvestments,  contributions to certain  existing  retirement plan accounts and
purchases through wrap fee accounts) will be rejected by each Fund.

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Funds                                   Acquiring Funds
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Liberty Small-Cap Value Fund            Liberty Select Value Fund
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Liberty Value Opportunities Fund        Liberty Growth & Income Fund
Liberty Value Fund
Liberty All-Star Growth & Income Fund
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Liberty Strategic Balanced Fund         The Liberty Fund
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Liberty Short Term Government Fund      Liberty Intermediate Government Fund
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Liberty Oregon Tax-Free Fund            Liberty Tax-Exempt Fund
Liberty Florida Tax-Exempt Fund
Liberty Michigan Tax-Exempt Fund
Liberty Minnesota Tax-Exempt Fund
Liberty North Carolina Tax-Exempt Fund
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Liberty Contrarian Small-Cap Fund      Liberty Special Fund
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Liberty Contrarian Balanced Fund       Liberty Contrarian Equity Fund
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Liberty Newport Tiger Cub Fund         Liberty Newport Asia Pacific Fund
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Liberty Newport Global Equity Fund     Liberty Newport Global Utilities Fund
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Liberty Intermediate Tax-Exempt Fund   Stein Roe Intermediate Municipals Fund
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G-36/887D-1100                                                 November 15, 2000

November 27, 2000


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