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                       Report of Independent Auditors


To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund

In  planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of  Dreyfus
Variable  Investment Fund (comprising, respectively, the Balanced  Portfolio,
Capital  Appreciation  Portfolio, Disciplined  Stock  Portfolio,  Growth  and
Income   Portfolio,  International  Equity  Portfolio,  International   Value
Portfolio,  Limited  Term  High  Income Portfolio,  Money  Market  Portfolio,
Quality  Bond Portfolio, Small Cap Portfolio, Small Company Stock  Portfolio,
Special  Value Portfolio and Zero Coupon 2000 Portfolio) for the  year  ended
December  31,  1999,  we considered its internal control,  including  control
activities  for safeguarding securities, in order to determine  our  auditing
procedures  for  the  purpose  of expressing our  opinion  on  the  financial
statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, not to  provide
assurance on internal control.

The  management  of  Dreyfus  Variable Investment  Fund  is  responsible  for
establishing   and   maintaining  internal  control.   In   fulfilling   this
responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to  assess
the expected benefits and related costs of controls. Generally, controls that
are  relevant  to  an  audit pertain to the entity's objective  of  preparing
financial  statements  for external purposes that  are  fairly  presented  in
conformity  with  generally  accepted accounting principles.  Those  controls
include the safeguarding of assets against unauthorized acquisition,  use  or
disposition.

Because of inherent limitations in internal control, error or fraud may occur
and  not  be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation of internal control
to  future  periods  is  subject to the risk that it  may  become  inadequate
because of changes in conditions or that the effectiveness of the design  and
operation may deteriorate.

Our  consideration  of  internal control would not necessarily  disclose  all
matters in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards
established  by  the American Institute of Certified Public  Accountants.   A
material weakness is a condition in which the design or operation of  one  or
more  of the internal control components does not reduce to a relatively  low
level  the  risk that misstatements caused by error or fraud in amounts  that
would  be material in relation to the financial statements being audited  may
occur  and not be detected within a timely period by employees in the  normal
course  of performing their assigned functions. However, we noted no  matters
involving  internal  control  and  its  operation,  including  controls   for
safeguarding  securities,  that we consider  to  be  material  weaknesses  as
defined above at December 31, 1999.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management, the
Board of Trustees of Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund, and the Securities and
Exchange  Commission  and is not intended to be and should  not  be  used  by
anyone other than these specified parties.



                              ERNST & YOUNG LLP

February 3, 2000



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