June 1, 1997
DREYFUS BASIC MONEY MARKET FUND, INC.
DREYFUS BASIC U.S. GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET FUND
SUPPLEMENT TO COMBINED PROSPECTUS
DATED JULY 1, 1996,
AS REVISED FEBRUARY 4, 1997
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION SUPERSEDES ANY CONTRARY INFORMATION
CONTAINED IN THE FUNDS' COMBINED PROSPECTUS.
The Telephone Redemption Privilege is granted automatically unless
you specifically refuse it by checking the applicable "No" box on the Account
Application. The Telephone Redemption Privilege may be established for an
existing account by a separate signed Shareholder Services Form or by oral
request from any of the authorized signatories on the account by calling
1-800-645-6561.
The following information supplements the sections of the Funds'
Combined Prospectus entitled "Fee Table", "Shareholder Services _ Fund
Exchanges", and "How to Redeem Shares":
Effective April 4, 1997, each Fund will waive the fee chargeable for
writing a redemption check, for an exchange made out of a Fund pursuant to
the Fund Exchange Privilege, for each redemption by wire or pursuant to the
Dreyfus TELETRANSFER Privilege, and for otherwise closing out an account,
provided that the closing balance in the shareholder's account on the
business day immediately preceding the effective date of such transaction is
$50,000 or more.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION SUPPLEMENTS AND SHOULD BE READ IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE INFORMATION ON THE COVER PAGE OF THE FUNDS' COMBINED
PROSPECTUS:
The Securities and Exchange Commission maintains a Web site
(http://www.sec.gov.) that contains the Combined Statement of Additional
Information, material incorporated by reference, and other information
regarding the Funds.
123/124s060197
