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Exhibit 8

Dresdner RCM Global Investors LLC
Four Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, CA 94111-4189
Phone: 415-954-5400
Fax:415-954-8200



August 2, 2001

Board of Directors
RCM Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc.


Dear Sirs:

	Reference is made to the Agreement and Plan of Merger
dated as of August 2, 2001 (the Merger Agreement) between RCM
Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. (RCS Fund) and Dresdner
RCM Global Strategic Income Fund, Inc. (DSF Fund).  This
letter is being delivered to RCS Fund by Dresdner RCM Global
Investors LLC (Dresdner RCM), on its own behalf, in order to
facilitate the consummation of the merger transaction provided
for in the Merger Agreement (the Merger) and in consideration
of the benefits to Dresdner RCM from the Merger.  Capitalized
terms used but not defined in this letter are used herein as
defined in the Merger Agreement.

	1.  In addition to the expense reimbursement obligations
of DSF Fund pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Dresdner RCM
hereby agrees:

          (a) to reimburse RCS Fund for all RCS Fund Expenses
up to a maximum amount of forty thousand dollars (US $40,000)
in the event that the Merger is not consummated by reason of
(i) DSF Funds being relieved of its obligation to consummate
the Merger by reason of the nonfulfillment of any condition to
such obligation referred to in Section 9 of the Merger Agreement,
including a failure to obtain the requisite majority vote of the
RCS Fund stockholders but excluding a failure to obtain the
requisite majority vote of the DSF Fund stockholders to approve
 the Merger; and/or (ii) a Termination With Cause; and

         (b) to reimburse RCS Fund for all Joint Expenses up to
a maximum amount of forty thousand dollars (US $ 40,000) in the
event that the Merger is not consummated by reason of the failure
to obtain the requisite majority vote of the DSF Fund stockholders
 to approve the Merger.

	2.  Dresdner RCM hereby agrees to waive during the
twelve months immediately following the consummation of the Merger
such portion of the investment management fee payable to Dresdner
RCM by RCS Fund pursuant to an investment management agreement
dated as of June 14, 1996, as may be necessary to ensure that the
Projected Total Expenses of RCS Fund shall be at least seventy five
thousand dollars ($75,000) more than the Pro Forma Total
Expenses of RCS Fund.  For purposes of this paragraph,
Projected Total Expenses shall mean the product of (x) the expense
ratio of RCS Funds estimated fixed expense items (including,
without limitation, legal, audit, accounting and regulatory
compliance expenses) and estimated variable expense items
(including, without limitation, management, administrative,
custody and transfer agencyfees) for fiscal year 2002, assuming that
the Merger had not been consummated, as shown in Column A of
Exhibit A hereto, and (y) the aggregate value of RCS Funds assets
immediately following consummation of the Merger; and Pro Forma
Total Expenses shall mean RCS Funds estimated fixed expense items
(including, without limitation, legal, audit, accounting and
regulatory compliance expenses) and estimated variable expense items
(including, without limitation, management, administrative, custody
and transfer agency fees) calculated based on the total value of
RCS Funds assets immediately following the consummation of the
Merger (in each case using the same assumptions as used to
calculate the Projected Total Expenses and covering the twelve
month period immediately following the consummation of the Merger),
together with incremental Merger-related legal and other
costs and expenses actually incurred by RCS Fund.

	3.  Dresdner RCM hereby agrees that,
following the consummation of the Merger, it will receive from
RCS Fund an investment management fee at a rate of 0.75%
(rather than 0.95%) per annum with respect to the value of all
assets in excess of the value of RCS Funds assets at the
Valuation Time.

         4.  Dresdner RCM hereby represents and warrants to
RCS Fund that the information furnished or approved by Dresdner
RCM for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the
Proxy Statements, including, without limitation, information with
respect to the investment policies and restrictions of RCS Fund
contained therein, will not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading.

         5.  Dresdner RCM hereby agrees to provide RCS
Fund within 30 days following the Merger Date a list setting
forth the respective federal income tax bases of the DSF Fund
portfolio securities acquired by RCS Fund in the
Merger.

	6.  Dresdner RCM hereby represents and warrants
to RCS Fund that (i) for the period from November 1, 1999 to
the Merger Date, DSF Fund at all times has qualified for
taxation as a regulated investment company under Sections 851
and 852 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; (ii)
DSF Fund has no known liabilities of a material nature,
contingent or otherwise, other than those shown as belonging
to it on its statement of assets and liabilities as of April
30, 2001 and those that DSF Fund shall have advised RCS Fund
at or prior to the Valuation Time were incurred by DSF
Fund subsequent to April 30, 2001, whether or not incurred in
the ordinary course of business; and (iii) the list of
portfolio securities and their
respective tax costs provided to RCS Fund pursuant to
paragraph 5 hereof fairly presents the federal income tax
 basis of such assets.

	7.  Dresdner RCM will indemnify and hold harmless
the RCS Indemnified Parties against any and all expenses,
losses, claims, damages and liabilities at any time imposed upon
or reasonably incurred by any one or more of the RCS Indemnified
Parties in connection with, arising out of, resulting from or
based upon a breach of any representation, warranty or covenant
of Dresdner RCM contained in this letter.  The RCS Indemnified
Parties will notify Dresdner RCM in writing within ten days after
the receipt by any one or more of the RCS Indemnified Parties of
any notice of legal process or any suit brought against or claim
made against such RCS Indemnified Party as to any matters
covered by this indemnification or within ten days of having
discovered any loss or expense arising out of or based upon a
breach of a representation, warranty or covenant of Dresdner RCM
contained in this letter.  Dresdner RCM shall be entitled to
participate at its own expense in the defense of any claim,
action, suit or proceeding covered by this paragraph, or, if it
so elects, to assume at its expense by counsel satisfactory to
the RCS Indemnified Parties the defense of any such claim,
action, suit or proceeding, and if Dresdner RCM elects to assume
such defense, the RCS Indemnified Parties shall be entitled
to participate in the defense of any such claim, action, suit
or proceeding at their expense. Dresdner RCMs obligation under
this paragraph to indemnify and hold harmless the RCS Indemnified
Parties shall constitute a guarantee of payment so that Dresdner
RCM will pay in the first instance any expenses, losses,
claims, damages and liabilities required to be paid by it
under this paragraph without the necessity of the RCS Indemnified
Parties' first paying the same.
	8.  Dresdner RCM hereby agrees that the representations,
warranties and covenants set forth in this letter shall survive
the consummation of the Merger.

         9.  Dresdner RCM hereby agrees that the terms of
this letter, including the indemnification provided for in paragraph
7 hereof, shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of
Maryland, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles.

Sincerely,
Dresdner RCM Global Investors LLC

/s/ Luke D. Knecht
Luke D. Knecht
Managing Director
RCS-DRCM Letter Agreement	-3-
RCS-DRCM Letter Agreement

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