OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL FUND
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                                          OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL FUND
                                   Supplement dated June 15, 1999 to the
                                    Prospectus dated November 17, 1998

The Prospectus is changed as follows:

1. The supplement dated May 1, 1999 is replaced by this supplement.

2. The last  sentence of the first  paragraph  of the section  titled  "Loans of
Portfolio Securities" on page 16 is deleted and replaced by the following:

         The Fund  presently  does not intend to lend  securities in the current
         fiscal year in the current fiscal year in excess of 15% of the value of
         the Fund's total assets.

3. The  following  is added after the second  sentence  of the second  paragraph
under the section titled "Class A Contingent  Deferred Sales Charge" on page 32:
"However,  that commission will not be paid on purchases of shares in amounts of
$1 million or more  (including any right of  accumulation)  by a retirement plan
that pays for the purchase with the redemption proceeds of Class C shares of one
or more Oppenheimer funds held by the Plan for more than one year."

4. The following is added after the tenth  sub-paragraph of the second paragraph
under the section titled "Waivers of Class A Sales Charges" on page 34:

|_|        Dealers,  brokers, banks, or registered investment advisers that have
           entered  into an  agreement  with the  Distributor  to sell shares to
           defined contribution  employee retirement plans for which the dealer,
           broker or investment adviser provides administrative services.
|_|        Retirement plans and deferred  compensation  plans and trusts used to
           fund those plans (including,  for example, plans qualified or created
           under sections 401(a),  401(k), 403(b) or 457 of the Internal Revenue
           Code),  in each case if those  purchases  are made  through a broker,
           agent  or  other  financial   intermediary   that  has  made  special
           arrangements with the Distributor for those purchases.



                                                           (continued)

5. The fourth  sub-paragraph  of the third  paragraph  under the section  titled
"Waivers of Class A Sales Charges" on page 35 is revised to read as follows:

|_| Shares  purchased  through a  broker-dealer  that has entered into a special
agreement with the  Distributor to allow the broker's  customers to purchase and
pay for with the proceeds of shares  redeemed in the prior 30 days from a mutual
fund (other than a fund  managed by the Manager or any of its  subsidiaries)  on
which an initial sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge was paid. This
waiver also  applies to shares  purchased  by exchange of shares of  Oppenheimer
Money Market Fund,  Inc. that were  purchased and paid for in this manner.  This
waiver must be  requested  when the  purchase  order is placed for shares of the
Fund, and the Distributor may require evidence of qualification for this waiver.

6. The first  sub-paragraph  of the fourth  paragraph  under the section  titled
"Waivers of Class A Sales Charges" on page 35 is revised to read as follows:

|_| To make Automatic  Withdrawal Plan payments that are limited  annually to no
more than 12% of the account value measured at the time the Plan is established,
adjusted annually.

7. The second paragraph under the section titled "Waivers of Class B and Class C
Sales Charges" on page 39 is deleted and replaced by the following:

Waivers for  Redemptions  in Certain  Cases.  The Class B and Class C contingent
deferred sales charges will be waived for redemptions of shares in the following
cases:

|_| Shares redeemed  involuntarily,  as described in "Shareholder  Account Rules
and Policies," in the Prospectus.

|_| Redemptions from accounts other than Retirement Plans following the death or
disability of the last surviving  shareholder,  including a trustee of a grantor
trust  or  revocable  living  trust  for  which  the  trustee  is also  the sole
beneficiary.  The death or disability  must have occurred  after the account was
established,  and for disability you must provide evidence of a determination of
disability by the Social Security Administration.

|_|  Distributions  from  accounts  for which the  broker-dealer  of record  has
entered into a special agreement with the Distributor allowing this waiver.

                                                            (continued)

|_|  Redemptions  of Class B shares held by  Retirement  Plans whose records are
maintained on a daily valuation basis by Merrill Lynch or an independent  record
keeper under a contract with Merril Lynch.

|_|  Redemptions  requested in writing by a  Retirement  Plan sponsor of Class C
shares of an  Oppenheimer  fund in  amounts  of $1  million  or more held by the
Retirement Plan for more than one year, if the redemption  proceeds are invested
in Class A shares of one or more Oppenheimer funds.

|_| Distributions  from Retirement Plans or other employee benefit plans for any
of the following purposes:

(1) Following the death or disability (as defined in the Internal  Revenue Code)
of the participant or beneficiary.  The death or disability must occur after the
participant's account was established in an Oppenheimer fund.

(2) To return  excess  contributions  made to a  participant's  account.

(3) To return contributions made due to a mistake of fact.

(4) To make hardship withdrawals, as defined in the plan.(1)

(5) To make  distributions  required under a Qualified  Domestic Relations Order
or, in the case of an IRA,  a  divorce  or  separation  agreement  described  in
Section 71(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(6) To meet the minimum distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code.

(7) To make  "substantially  equal  periodic  payments"  as described in Section
72(t) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(8)      For loans to participants or beneficiaries.(2)

(9)      On account of the participant's separation from service.(3)

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1. This provision does not apply to IRAs.
2. This provision does not apply to loans from 403(b)(7) custodial plans.
3. This provision does not apply to 403(b)(7) custodial plans if the
   participant is less than age 55, nor to IRAs.

                                                    (continued)

(10) Participant-directed redemptions to purchase shares of a mutual fund (other
than a fund managed by the Manager or a subsidiary of the Manager) offered as an
investment option in a Retirement Plan if the plan has made special arrangements
with the Distributor.

(11)  Distributions  made  on  account  of a plan  termination  or  "in-service"
distributions,"  if the  redemption  proceeds  are rolled  over  directly  to an
OppenheimerFunds-sponsored IRA.

(12) Distributions from Retirement Plans having 500 or more eligible  employees,
but excluding distributions made because of the Plan's elimination as investment
options  under the Plan of all of the  Oppenheimer  funds that had been offered.

(13)  For  distributions  from  a  participant's   account  under  an  Automatic
Withdrawal  Plan after the  participant  reaches  age  59 1/2,  as long as the
aggregate value of the distributions  does not exceed 10% of the account's value
annually (measured from the establishment of the Automatic Withdrawal Plan).






June 15, 1999                                                  PS0330.023




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