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The Global Total Return Fund, Inc.
One Seaport Plaza
New York, New York 10292
March 5, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: The Global Total Return Fund, Inc.
(File No. 33-63943)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to subparagraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of
1933 (the "1933 Act"), the Fund hereby certifies (i) that its Prospectus
and Statement of Additional Information (as supplemented) that would have
been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) would not have differed from the
Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information contained in
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 and (ii) that the text of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 was filed electronically on March 1, 1996.
The Global Total Return Fund, Inc.
By: /s/ Ronald Amblard
Ronald Amblard
Assistant Secretary
