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SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROSPECTUS OF
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER VARIABLE INVESTMENT SERIES
DATED NOVEMBER 2, 1998
The sentences pertaining to the CAPITAL APPRECIATION PORTFOLIO in the subsection
entitled "Portfolio Management" under the subsection entitled "General Portfolio
Techniques" in the section of the Prospectus entitled "INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND
POLICIES" are hereby replaced by the following:
Anita H. Kolleeny, Senior Vice President of MSDW Advisors, has
been the primary portfolio manager of the CAPITAL APPRECIATION
PORTFOLIO since November 1998, and has been assisted by Michelle
Kaufman, Vice President of MSDW Advisors, since that time. Mses.
Kolleeny and Kaufman have been portfolio managers with MSDW Advisors
for over five years.
November 5, 1998
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