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SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROSPECTUS OF
TCW GALILEO FUNDS, INC.
DATED: FEBRUARY 27, 1998
The name of the TCW Galileo Core Equity Fund has been changed to the TCW Galileo
Core Equities Fund.
The first paragraph on page 49 under the section heading "TCW Galileo Value
Opportunities Fund" is hereby amended to add the following sentence.
In addition, the Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in Canadian
securities which are listed on the Alberta, Montreal or Toronto Stock
Exchanges.
The first paragraph on page 55 under the section heading "TCW Galileo
International Equities Fund" is hereby amended to state that the TCW Galileo
International Equities Fund may invest up to 80% of its total assets in the TCW
Galileo European Equities Fund.
The subsection entitled "Portfolio Management" pertaining to the TCW Galileo
Value Opportunities Fund on page 78 is hereby amended by adding the following
individual:
Susan I. Schottenfeld Managing Director, the Adviser, TCW Asset
Management Company and Trust Company of the
West.
April 30, 1998
