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SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROSPECTUS OF
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER GLOBAL DIVIDEND GROWTH SECURITIES
DATED JUNE 23, 1998
The second paragraph under the subsection entitled "Portfolio Management"
under the section of the prospectus entitled "INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES"
is hereby replaced by the following:
The Fund is managed within the Growth and Income Group of Morgan
Stanley Dean Witter Advisors ("MSDW Advisors"), which manages 26 equity
funds and fund portfolios, with approximately $36 billion in assets at
May 31, 1998. Paul D. Vance, Senior Vice President of MSDW Advisors and
head of MSDW Advisors' Growth and Income Group, has been the primary
portfolio manager of the Fund since its inception and is assisted by
Matthew T. Haynes, Vice President of MSDW Advisors and also a member of
MSDW Advisors' Growth and Income Group. Messrs. Vance and Haynes have
been portfolio managers with MSDW Advisors for over five years.
June 23, 1998
