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SUPPLEMENT TO THE STATEMENTS OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OF
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE DAILY INCOME TRUST
Dated April 5, 1999
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER LIQUID ASSET FUND INC. Dated October 26, 1999
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER NEW YORK MUNICIPAL MONEY MARKET TRUST
Dated May 1, 1999
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER TAX-FREE DAILY INCOME TRUST
Dated April 12, 1999
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER U.S. GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET TRUST
Dated March 29, 1999
The section of the Statement of Additional Information entitled
"V. Investment Management and Other Services -- A. Investment Manager" is
hereby supplemented by the addition of the following:
The Investment Manager will compensate Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Financial Advisors at an annual rate of 0.025% of the value of shares
of the Fund acquired by exchange from an MSDW Open-end Fund provided
that the shares exchanged would otherwise have been eligible for the
payment of a retention fee. Such eligible shares must have been
purchased after January 1, 2000 and held for at least one year. Shares
owned in variable annuities, closed-end fund shares and shares held in
401(k) plans where the Transfer Agent or Dean Witter Reynolds's Retirement
Plan Services is either recordkeeper or trustee are not eligible for a
retention fee.
The retention fees are paid by the Investment Manager from its
own assets, which may include profits from investment management fees
payable under the Investment Management Agreement, as well as from
borrowed funds.
January 3, 2000
