March 27, 2000
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
RE: Merrill Lynch Dragon Fund, Inc.
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration
Statement on Form N-14 (Securities Act File
No. 333-95885, Investment Company Act No. 811-6581)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended(the "1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch Dragon
Fund, Inc.(the "Fund") hereby certifies that:
(1) the form of Joint Proxy Statement and Prospectus
and Statement of Additional Information that would
have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(b) under the 1933
Act would not have differed from that contained in
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Fund's Registration
Statement on Form N-14; and
(2) the text of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Fund's
Registration Statement on Form N-14 was filed
electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on March 22, 2000.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH DRAGON FUND, INC.
By: /s/ Phillip S. Gillespie
______________________________
Phillip S. Gillespie
Secretary
