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Filed Pursuant to Rule 497(e)
Registration File No.: 33-33530
SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROSPECTUS OF
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER
EUROPEAN GROWTH FUND INC.
DATED JANUARY 31, 2000
The disclosure in the section entitled "ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY
INFORMATION" is amended to include the following:
STOCK INDEX FUTURES. The fund may purchase and sell stock index futures
contracts and options thereon. Stock index futures and options on stock
index futures may be used to facilitate trading, to increase the Fund's
market exposure, or to seek to protect against an increase in prices of
securities that may be purchased.
The disclosure in the section entitled "ADDITIONAL RISK INFORMATION" is
amended to include the following:
STOCK INDEX FUTURES. If the Fund invests in stock index futures or options
thereon, its participation in these markets would subject the Fund to
certain risks. If the Sub-Advisor's predictions of movements in the
direction of the stock index are inaccurate, the adverse consequences to
the Fund (e.g., a reduction in the Fund's net asset value or a reduction in
the amount of income available for distribution) may leave the Fund in a
worse position than if these strategies were not used. Other risks inherent
in the use of stock index futures and options thereon include, for example,
the possible imperfect correlation between the price of the futures
contracts and movements in the prices of the securities, and the possible
absence of a liquid secondary market for any particular insturment.
June 21, 2000
