March 10, 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 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.
123/124s031097
