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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-15-349299
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20151021
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20151021
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20151021

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TCW STRATEGIC INCOME FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000809559
		IRS NUMBER:				930939398
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-04980
		FILM NUMBER:		151168080

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		865 S FIGUEROA ST STE 1800
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90071
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2132440000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		865 S. FIGUEROA STREET,
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1800
		CITY:			LOSANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90017

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TCW CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear Shareholder: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our representatives from AST Fund Solutions
have been trying to contact you regarding an important matter pertaining to your investment in <B>TCW Strategic Income Fund, Inc. (&#147;TSI&#148;)</B>. At your earliest convenience, please call, toll free, <B>(866)&nbsp;796-7182</B>. Our agents at
AST Fund Solutions will be answering calls from shareholders between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday, and will be able to answer any questions you may have. The call will only take a few moments of your time, and AST
Fund Solutions will not ask you for any personal or confidential information. At the time of the call, please reference the number listed below. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We
appreciate your investment in TCW, and thank you for your time in making this phone call. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Thank you. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Sincerely, </P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">


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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Patrick W. Dennis </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Assistant
Secretary </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>REFERENCE NUMBER: 1234567 </B></P> <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE TCW GROUP, INC.</B> | 865 SOUTH FIGUEROA STREET | LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017 | 213 244 0000 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Manager of the TCW and MetWest Fund Families </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Annual Meeting of Shareholders for TCW Strategic Income Fund was scheduled for September&nbsp;22, 2015. The meeting has since adjourned to
October&nbsp;23, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. PST at TCW&#146;s offices to provide shareholders more time to cast their vote on the amendment to the articles of incorporation proposal. Since you have not yet voted on this important initiative, we are asking
you to take a moment of your time to consider the following proposal and vote your shares today. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Why are shareholders being asked to approve the
amendment of the Articles of Incorporation to eliminate the requirement that a proposal to convert the Fund to an open-end mutual fund be submitted for shareholder approval under certain circumstances?</I></B> Management of the Company, as well as
the Board, sees no apparent benefit to shareholders from the requirement and do not believe a forced conversion to an open-end structure is always in the shareholders&#146; best interest. For example, during the current trading market with limited
liquidity for many fixed income securities, TCW, as the Company&#146;s adviser, believes it may be in shareholders&#146; best interest to manage liquidity through other actions such as making use of the Company&#146;s line-of-credit to make cash
available where needed to settle portfolio transactions or for other operating and investment purposes and leveraging the Company during those periods in order to manage liquidity.&nbsp;If passed, the Company must undertake the expense of converting
from a closed-end management investment company to an open-end mutual fund, which means its stock becomes redeemable on a daily basis at the conclusion of that conversion. Management of the Company and the Board believe that conversion of the
Company and the resulting ability to redeem daily would work to the detriment of current investors that have sought out the Company as a stable long-term investment. Over the past ten years, the Company has been required under Article X to solicit a
shareholder vote relating to converting from a closed-end structure to an open-end structure three times and, each time, the proposal has failed by a wide margin to obtain the required shareholder approval. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A copy of the statement is available for your reference online at: <U>www.proxyonline.com/docs/TSI.pdf</U> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>While TCW&#146;s Board firmly believes this proposal is in the best interest of all shareholders, it is you, the shareholder who must approve it. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Please vote today by calling toll free (866)&nbsp;796-7182, use your personal reference number below when calling. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We very much appreciate your attention to this matter and your support of TCW Strategic Income Fund. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Sincerely, </P> <P STYLE="font-size:3pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">


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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Patrick W. Dennis </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Assistant
Secretary </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Reference Number: 123456789 </B></P> <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE TCW GROUP, INC.</B> | 865 SOUTH FIGUEROA STREET | LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017 | 213 244 0000 </P>
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