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Filed Pursuant to Rule 497(e)
Registration File No.: 33-81012
SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROSPECTUS OF
TCW/DW TOTAL RETURN TRUST
DATED SEPTEMBER 26, 1996
The first paragraph in the section of the Prospectus of TCW/DW Total
Return Trust entitled "Dividends, Distributions and Taxes" is hereby replaced
by the following:
Dividends and Distributions. The Fund intends to pay dividends and to
distribute substantially all of the Fund's net investment income and net
realized short-term and long-term capital gains, if any, at least once per
year. The Fund may, however, determine either to distribute or to retain
all or part of any net long-term capital gains in any year for
reinvestment.
March 24, 1997
