DREYFUS SHORT INTERMEDIATE GOVERNMENT FUND, 497J, 1996-03-01

DREYFUS SHORT INTERMEDIATE GOVERNMENT FUND
497J, 1996-03-01

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                                             March 1, 1996


Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549

Re:  Dreyfus Short-Intermediate Government Fund
     Registration Statement File No. 33-9634
     CIK No. 804887

Dear Sir/Madam:

     Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, this is to
certify that the form of Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information that would have been filed under paragraph (b) or (c) of this
section does not differ from that contained in the most recent amendment
to the Fund's Registration Statement, electronically filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 1996.


                                             Very truly yours,




                                             Carol A. Covelli
                                             The Dreyfus Corporation



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