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Filed Pursuant to Rule 497(e)
Registration File No.: 33-35530
SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROSPECTUS OF
DEAN WITTER EUROPEAN GROWTH FUND
DATED DECEMBER 26, 1996
The seventh paragraph of the section entitled "The Fund and its
Management" in the above Prospectus is revised to reflect that, effective May
1, 1997, the Directors of the Fund have amended the Fund's Investment
Management Agreement to reduce the compensation received by the Investment
Manager under the Agreement for assets exceeding $2 billion, so that the
compensation under the Agreement is calculated daily by applying the
following annual rates to the Fund's net assets determined as of the close of
each business day: 1.0% of the portion of the Fund's daily net assets not
exceeding $500 million; 0.95% of the portion of daily net assets exceeding
$500 million but not exceeding $2 billion; and 0.90% of daily net assets
exceeding $2 billion.
May 2, 1997
