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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

[X] Annual report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 [No Fee Required]
For the year ended December 31, 2003 or

[ ] Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 [No Fee Required]
For the transition period from ________________to___________________

Commission File Number 0-17446

DEAN WITTER DIVERSIFIED FUTURES FUND II L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its Limited Partnership Agreement)

DELAWARE 13-3490286
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)

Demeter Management Corporation
825 Third Avenue, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10022
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (212) 310-6444

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Name of each exchange
Title of each class on which registered

None None ______

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Units of Limited Partnership Interest

(Title of Class)

Indicate by check-mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X No _____

Indicate by check-mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-K (section 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein,
and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive
proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this
Form 10-K or any amendment of this Form 10-K. [X]

Indicate by check-mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as
defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes _____ No __X___

State the aggregate market value of the Units of Limited Partnership Interest
held by non-affiliates of the registrant. The aggregate market value shall be
computed by reference to the price at which Units were sold as of the last
business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter:
$8,399,589 at June 30, 2003.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
(See Page 1)

DEAN WITTER DIVERSIFIED FUTURES FUND II L.P.
INDEX TO ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
DECEMBER 31, 2003

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the following documents are incorporated by reference
as follows:

Documents Incorporated Part of Form 10-K

Partnership's Prospectus dated
October 28, 1988 I

Annual Report to Dean Witter
Diversified Futures Fund II L.P.
Limited Partners for the year
ended December 31, 2003 II, III and IV

PART I
Item 1. BUSINESS

(a) General Development of Business. Dean Witter Diversified
Futures Fund II L.P. (the "Partnership") is a Delaware limited
partnership organized to engage primarily in the speculative
trading of futures and forward contracts on physical commodities
and other commodity interests, including, but not limited to,
foreign currencies, financial instruments, metals, energy and
agricultural products. The Partnership commenced operations on
January 18, 1989.

The Partnership's general partner is Demeter Management
Corporation ("Demeter"). The non-clearing commodity broker is
Morgan Stanley DW Inc. ("Morgan Stanley DW"). The clearing
commodity brokers are Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated ("MS &
Co.") and Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited ("MSIL").
The trading manager is Morgan Stanley Futures & Currency
Management Inc. ("MSFCM" or the "Trading Manager"). Demeter,
Morgan Stanley DW, MS & Co., MSIL and MSFCM are wholly-owned
subsidiaries of Morgan Stanley.

The Partnership's net asset value per unit of limited partnership
interest ("Unit(s)") as of December 31, 2003 was $3,523.50,
representing a decrease of 11.7 percent from the net asset value
per Unit of $3,990.48 at December 31, 2002. For a more detailed
description of the Partnership's business, see subparagraph (c).
(b) Financial Information about Segments. For financial
information reporting purposes, the Partnership is deemed to
engage in one industry segment, the speculative trading of futures
and forwards. The relevant financial information is presented in
Items 6 and 8.

(c) Narrative Description of Business. The Partnership is in the
business of speculative trading of futures and forwards, pursuant
to trading instructions provided by the Trading Manager. For a
detailed description of the different facets of the Partnership's
business, see those portions of the Partnership's prospectus,
dated October 28, 1988 (the "Prospectus"), incorporated by
reference in this Form 10-K, set forth below:

Facets of Business
1. Summary 1. "Summary of the Prospectus"
(Pages 2-7).

2. Commodity Markets 2. "The Commodities Markets"
(Pages 57-67).

3. Partnership's Commodity 3. "Trading Policies" (Pages
Trading Arrangements and 29-38). "The Trading
Policies Manager" (Pages 29-38).

4. Management of the Part- 4. "The Management Agreement"
nership (Pages 39-41). "The
General Partner" (Pages
41-56) and "The Commodity
Broker" (Pages 56-57).
"The Limited Partnership
Agreement" (Pages 68-73).

5. Taxation of the Partner- 5. "Federal Income Tax Aspects"
ship's Limited Partners and "State and Local
Income Tax Aspects"
(Pages 75-83).

(d) Financial Information about Geographic Areas. The Partnership
has not engaged in any operations in foreign countries; however,
the Partnership (through the commodity brokers) enters into
forward contract transactions where foreign banks are the
contracting party and trades futures and forwards on foreign
exchanges.

(e) Available Information. The Partnership files annual reports
on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on
Form 8-K, and all amendments to these reports with the
Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). You may read and copy
any document filed by the Partnership at the SEC's public
reference room at Room 1024, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for information
on the public reference room. The Partnership does not maintain
an internet website, however, the SEC maintains a website that
contains annual, quarterly, and current reports, proxy statements
and other information that issuers (including the Partnership)
file electronically with the SEC. The SEC's website is
http://www.sec.gov.

Item 2. PROPERTIES
The Partnership's executive and administrative offices are located
within the offices of Morgan Stanley DW. The Morgan Stanley DW
offices utilized by the Partnership are located at 825 Third
Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10022.

Item 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
None.

Item 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
None.
PART II
Item 5. MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT'S PARTNERSHIP UNITS AND RELATED
SECURITY HOLDER MATTERS

(a) Market Information. There is no established public trading
market for Units of the Partnership.

(b) Holders. The number of holders of Units at December 31, 2003
was approximately 320.

(c) Distributions. No distributions have been made by the
Partnership since it commenced trading operations on January 18,
1989. Demeter has sole discretion to decide what distributions,
if any, shall be made to investors in the Partnership. Demeter
currently does not intend to make any distributions of Partnership
profits.
Item 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA (in dollars)

Item 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Liquidity. The Partnership deposits its assets with Morgan
Stanley DW as non-clearing broker, and MS & Co. and MSIL as
clearing brokers in separate futures and forwards trading
accounts established for the Trading Manager, which assets are
used as margin to engage in trading and may be used as margin
solely for the Partnership's trading. The assets are held in
either non-interest bearing bank accounts or in securities and
instruments permitted by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
for investment of customer segregated or secured funds. Since the
Partnership's sole purpose is to trade in futures and forwards,
it is expected that the Partnership will continue to own such
liquid assets for margin purposes.

The Partnership's investment in futures and forwards may, from
time to time, be illiquid. Most U.S. futures exchanges limit
fluctuations in prices during a single day by regulations
referred to as "daily price fluctuations limits" or "daily
limits". Trades may not be executed at prices beyond the daily
limit. If the price for a particular futures contract has
increased or decreased by an amount equal to the daily limit,
positions in that futures contract can neither be taken nor
liquidated unless traders are willing to effect trades at or
within the limit. Futures prices have occasionally moved the
daily limit for several consecutive days with little or no
trading. These market conditions could prevent the Partnership
from promptly liquidating its futures contracts and result
in restrictions on redemptions.

There is no limitation on daily price moves in trading forward
contracts on foreign currency. The markets for some world
currencies have low trading volume and are illiquid, which may
prevent the Partnership from trading in potentially profitable
markets or prevent the Partnership from promptly liquidating
unfavorable positions in such markets, subjecting it to
substantial losses. Either of these market conditions could
result in restrictions on redemptions. Illiquidity has not
materially affected the Partnership's assets.

There are no known material trends, demands, commitments, events
or uncertainties at the present time that will result in, or that
are reasonably likely to result in, the Partnership's liquidity
increasing or decreasing in any material way.

Capital Resources. The Partnership does not have, nor expect to
have, any capital assets. Redemptions of additional Units in the
future will affect the amount of funds available for investment in
futures and forwards in subsequent periods. It is not possible to
estimate the amount, and therefore the impact, of future
redemptions of Units.

There are no known material trends, favorable or unfavorable,
that would affect, nor any expected material changes to, the
Partnership's capital resource arrangements at the present
time. The Partnership does not have any off-balance sheet
arrangements, nor does it have contractual obligations or
commercial commitments to make future payments that would affect
its liquidity or capital resources.

Results of Operations.
General. The Partnership's results depend on the Trading Manager
and the ability of the Trading Manager's trading programs to take
advantage of price movements or other profit opportunities in the
futures and forwards markets. The following presents a summary
of the Partnership's operations for each of the three years in the
period ended December 31, 2003 and a general discussion of its
trading activities during each period. It is important to note,
however, that the Trading Manager trades in various markets at
different times and that prior activity in a particular market
does not mean that such market will be actively traded by the
Trading Manager or will be profitable in the future.
Consequently, the results of operations of the Partnership are
difficult to discuss other than in the context of the Trading
Manager's trading activities on behalf of the Partnership and how
the Partnership has performed in the past. Past performance is
not necessarily indicate of future results.

The Partnership's results of operations are set forth in its
financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America,
which require the use of certain accounting policies that
affect the amounts reported in these financial statements,
including the following: The contracts the Partnership trades are
accounted for on a trade-date basis and marked to market on a
daily basis. The difference between their cost and market value is
recorded on the
Statements of Operations as "Net change in unrealized profit/loss"
for open (unrealized) contracts, and recorded as "Realized
profit/loss" when open positions are closed out, and the sum of
these amounts constitutes the Partnership's trading revenues. The
market value of a futures contract is the settlement price on the
exchange on which that futures contract is traded on a particular
day. The value of foreign currency forward contracts is based on
the spot rate as of the close of business, New York City time, on
a given day. Interest income revenue, as well as management fees,
incentive fees and brokerage commission expenses of the
Partnership are recorded on an accrual basis.

Demeter believes that, based on the nature of the operations of
the Partnership, no assumptions relating to the application of
critical accounting policies other than those presently used could
reasonably affect reported amounts.

The Partnership recorded revenues including interest totaling
$34,472 and expenses totaling $973,240, resulting in a net loss of
$938,768 for the year ended December 31, 2003. The Partnership's
net asset value per Unit decreased from $3,990.48 at December 31,
2002 to $3,523.50 at December 31, 2003. Total redemptions
for the year were $1,097,445 and the Partnership's ending capital
was $7,030,300 at December 31, 2003, a decrease of $2,036,213 from
ending capital at December 31, 2002 of $9,066,513.

Overall, the Partnership experienced trading losses for the year
ended December 31, 2003. The most significant trading losses of
approximately 7.5% were recorded in the global interest rate
markets from short positions in Japanese, Australian and European
interest rate futures during September as bond prices reversed
higher due to renewed skepticism regarding a global economic
recovery and lower equity prices. Further losses in this sector
resulted from long positions in Australian interest rate futures
during March as prices reversed sharply lower amid reports of
advancing Coalition forces in the Persian Gulf region. Losses
within this sector continued during December as European bond
prices increased in value amid perceptions that the European
Central Bank would maintain low interest rates. Consequently,
losses were recorded on short positions in European interest rate
futures. Additional losses of approximately 6.1% were recorded
in the agricultural markets from positions in coffee and cotton
futures as prices experienced volatile price movement through a
majority of the year. Elsewhere in the agricultural markets,
losses were recorded during October from short positions in corn
futures as prices reversed higher due to news of a decrease in
supply. In the energy markets, losses of approximately 4.1% were
recorded primarily during October, as the Partnership
entered the month with short natural gas positions, which proved
unprofitable as prices rallied during the first part of the
month. In response to this rise in prices, the Partnership
reversed its position from short to long, only to see prices
decline in the latter part of the month. Additional losses were
incurred in the energy sector from positions in crude oil futures
as prices moved erratically during October in response to
geopolitical and supply/demand factors. Losses were experienced
during November and December as energy prices continued to trade
in a volatile fashion. A portion of the Partnership's overall
losses for year was offset by gains of approximately 10.4% in the
currency markets produced by long positions in the Australian
dollar versus the U.S. dollar during a majority of the year as
the value of the Australian currency increased versus the U.S.
dollar on the heels of higher commodity prices and a significant
interest rate differential between the two countries. Additional
gains resulted from long positions in the euro, Singapore dollar,
Swedish krona, and Swiss franc versus the U.S. dollar as the
value of the U.S. dollar declined throughout the year due to
geopolitical uncertainty and negative economic data. Additional
currency gains were recorded from long positions in the euro
versus the Japanese yen. Additional gains of approximately 1.0%
were recorded in the metals markets primarily during the fourth
quarter, from long positions copper and nickel as base metal
prices rallied in response to growing investor sentiment that the
global economy was on the path to recovery and amid
increased demand, especially from China. Smaller gains of
approximately 0.3% were experienced in the global stock index
futures markets primarily during December from long positions in
U.S. stock index futures as prices increased due to strong
manufacturing data and the strongest U.S. quarterly growth rate
in almost 20 years.

The Partnership recorded revenues including interest totaling
$3,125,188 and expenses totaling $1,058,265, resulting in net
income of $2,066,923 for the year ended December 31, 2002. The
Partnership's net asset value per Unit increased from $3,133.24
at December 31, 2001 to $3,990.48 at December 31, 2002. Total
redemptions for the year were $811,615 and the Partnership's
ending capital was $9,066,513 at December 31, 2002, an increase
of $1,255,308 from ending capital at December 31, 2001 of
$7,811,205.

The most significant trading gains of approximately 20.8% were
recorded from long positions in European, Japanese, and U.S.
interest rate futures during the period from June through
September, as well as in December, as prices trended higher amid
increased demand among investors seeking the safety of fixed
income investments. Additional gains of approximately 18.2% were
generated in the currency markets from long positions in the
Swiss franc, euro, Japanese yen, and Swedish krona relative to
the U.S. dollar as the dollar weakened due to continued
uncertainty regarding a U.S. economic recovery. Additional
currency gains were recorded from long positions in the euro
versus the British pound. A portion of the Partnership's overall
gains was offset by losses of approximately 6.8% recorded in the
metals futures markets from positions in aluminum futures as an
uncertain economic outlook resulted in trendless price activity
among industrial metals throughout most of the year. In the
agricultural futures markets, losses of approximately 1.8% were
incurred from long positions in cotton futures as prices moved
without consistent direction during the first and third quarters
amid shifting supply and demand concerns. As of August 30, 2002,
the Partnership received a settlement award payment from the
Sumitomo Copper Litigation Settlement Administrator in the amount
of $157,127.

The Partnership recorded revenues including interest totaling
$842,541 and expenses totaling $676,866, resulting in net income
of $165,675 for the year ended December 31, 2001. The
Partnership's net asset value per Unit increased from $3,075.90
at December 31, 2000 to $3,133.24 at December 31, 2001. Total
redemptions for the year were $702,310 and the Partnership's
ending capital was $7,811,205 at December 31, 2001, a decrease of
$536,635 from ending capital at December 31, 2000 of $8,347,840.

The most significant trading gains of approximately 9.9%
were recorded in the global interest rate futures markets
throughout a majority of the first quarter from previously
established long positions in U.S. interest rate futures as
prices trended higher amid a rattled stock market, shaky consumer
confidence, positive inflation data and interest rate cuts by the
U.S. Federal Reserve. Additional gains were recorded primarily
during August, September and October from previously established
long positions in short and intermediate term U.S. and German
interest rate futures as prices continued trending higher
following an interest rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve and as
investors sought a safe haven from the decline in stock prices.
In soft commodities, profits of approximately 5.3% were recorded
throughout a majority of the first and second quarters from
previously established short cotton futures positions as prices
continued moving lower on weak export sales and low demand. A
portion of the Partnership's overall gains was partially offset
by losses of approximately 6.6% recorded in the currency markets
primarily during July from previously established short positions
in the euro as the value of the European common currency reversed
higher versus the British pound as hints of possible intervention
by the European Central Bank to support the euro remained.
During December, additional losses were recorded from previously
established long euro positions as its value reversed lower
relative to the British pound. In the energy markets, losses of
approximately 2.5% were experienced throughout the first nine
months of the year from positions in crude oil futures and
its related products as a result of volatility in oil prices due
to a continually changing outlook for supply, production and
demand.
For an analysis of unrealized gains and (losses) by contract type
and a further description of 2003 trading results, refer to the
Partnership's Annual Report to Limited Partners for the year ended
December 31, 2003, which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit
13.01 of this Form 10-K.

The Partnership's gains and losses are allocated among its
partners for income tax purposes.

Market Risk.
Financial Instruments. The Partnership is a party to financial
instruments with elements of off-balance sheet market and credit
risk. The Partnership trades futures and forwards in interest
rates, stock indices, currencies, agriculturals, energies and
metals. In entering into these contracts, the Partnership is
subject to the market risk that such contracts may be
significantly influenced by market conditions, such as interest
rate volatility, resulting in such contracts being less valuable.
If the markets should move against all of the positions held by
the Partnership at the same time, and if the Trading Manager was
unable to offset positions of the Partnership, the Partnership
could lose all of its assets and limited partners would
realize a 100% loss.

In addition to the Trading Manager's internal controls, the
Trading Manager must comply with the Partnership's trading
policies that include standards for liquidity and leverage that
must be maintained. The Trading Manager and Demeter monitor the
Partnership's trading activities to ensure compliance with the
trading policies and Demeter can require the Trading Manager to
modify positions of the Partnership if Demeter believes they
violate the Partnership's trading policies.

Credit Risk.
In addition to market risk, in entering into futures and forward
contracts there is a credit risk to the Partnership that the
counterparty on a contract will not be able to meet its
obligations to the Partnership. The ultimate counterparty or
guarantor of the Partnership for futures contracts traded in the
United States and the foreign exchanges on which the Partnership
trades is the clearinghouse associated with such exchange. In
general, a clearinghouse is backed by the membership of the
exchange and will act in the event of non-performance by one of
its members or one of its member's customers, which should
significantly reduce this credit risk. There is no assurance that
a clearinghouse, exchange or other exchange member will meet its
obligations to the Partnership, and Demeter and the commodity
brokers will not indemnify the Partnership against a
default by such parties. Further, the law is unclear as to whether
a commodity broker has any obligation to protect its customers
from loss in the event of an exchange or clearinghouse defaulting
on trades effected for the broker's customers. In cases where the
Partnership trades off-exchange forward contracts with a
counterparty, the sole recourse of the Partnership will be the
forward contracts counterparty.

Demeter deals with these credit risks of the Partnership in
several ways. First, it monitors the Partnership's credit
exposure to each exchange on a daily basis. The commodity brokers
inform the Partnership, as with all their customers, of its net
margin requirements for all its existing open positions and
Demeter has installed a system which permits it to monitor the
Partnership's potential net credit exposure exchange by exchange,
by adding the unrealized trading gains on each exchange, if any,
to the Partnership's margin liability thereon.

Second, the Partnership's trading policies limit the amount of its
net assets that can be committed at any given time to futures
contracts and require a minimum amount of diversification in the
Partnership's trading, usually over several different products and
exchanges. Historically, the Partnership's exposure to any one
exchange has typically amounted to only a small percentage of its
total net assets and on those relatively few occasions where the
Partnership's credit exposure climbs above an acceptable
level, Demeter deals with the situation on a case by case basis,
carefully weighing whether the increased level of credit exposure
remains appropriate. Material changes to the trading policies may
be made only with the prior written approval of the limited
partners owning more than 50% of Units then outstanding.

Third, with respect to forward contract trading, the Partnership
trades with only those counterparties which Demeter, together with
Morgan Stanley DW, have determined to be creditworthy. The
Partnership presently deals with MS & Co. as the sole counterparty
on forward contracts.

See "Financial Instruments" under "Notes to Financial Statements"
in the Partnership's Annual Report to Limited Partners for the
year ended December 31, 2003, which is incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 13.01 of in this Form 10-K.

Inflation has not been a major factor in the Partnership's
operations.

Item 7A.QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Introduction
The Partnership is a commodity pool engaged primarily in the
speculative trading of futures and forwards. The market-sensitive
instruments held by the Partnership are acquired for speculative
trading purposes only and, as a result, all or
substantially all of the Partnership's assets are at risk of
trading loss. Unlike an operating company, the risk of market-
sensitive instruments is central, not incidental, to the
Partnership's main business activities.

The futures and forwards traded by the Partnership involve
varying degrees of related market risk. Market risk is often
dependent upon changes in the level or volatility of interest
rates, exchange rates, and prices of financial instruments and
commodities, factors that result in frequent changes in the fair
value of the Partnership's open positions, and consequently in its
earnings, whether realized or unrealized, and cash flow. Profits
and losses on open positions of exchange-traded futures and
forwards are settled daily through variation margin.

The Partnership's total market risk may increase or decrease as
it's influenced by a wide variety of factors, including, but not
limited to, the diversification among the Partnership's open
positions, the volatility present within the markets, and the
liquidity of the markets.

The Partnership's past performance is not necessarily indicative
of its future results. Any attempt to numerically quantify the
Partnership's market risk is limited by the uncertainty of its
speculative trading. The Partnership's speculative trading may
cause future losses and volatility (i.e., "risk of ruin")
that far exceed the Partnership's experiences to date or any
reasonable expectations based upon historical changes in market
value.

Quantifying the Partnership's Trading Value at Risk
The following quantitative disclosures regarding the Partner-
ship's market risk exposures contain "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of the safe harbor from civil liability
provided for such statements by the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 (set forth in Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934). All quantitative disclosure in this section are deemed to
be forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor,
except for statements of historical fact.

The Partnership accounts for open positions on the basis of mark
to market accounting principles. Any loss in the market value of
the Partnership's open positions is directly reflected in the
Partnership's earnings and cash flow.

The Partnership's risk exposure in the market sectors traded by
the Trading Manager is estimated below in terms of Value at Risk
("VaR"). The Partnership estimates VaR using a model based upon
historical simulation (with a confidence level of 99%) which
involves constructing a distribution of hypothetical daily changes
in the value of a trading portfolio. The VaR model takes
into account linear exposures to risk including equity and
commodity prices, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and
correlation among these variables. The hypothetical changes in
portfolio value are based on daily percentage changes observed in
key market indices or other market factors ("market risk factors")
to which the portfolio is sensitive. The one-day 99% confidence
level of the Partnership's VaR corresponds to the negative change
in portfolio value that, based on observed market risk factors,
would have been exceeded once in 100 trading days, or one day in
100. VaR typically does not represent the worst case outcome.
Demeter uses approximately four years of daily market data (1,000
observations) and revalues its portfolio (using delta-gamma
approximations) for each of the historical market moves that
occurred over this time period. This generates a probability
distribution of daily "simulated profit and loss" outcomes. The
VaR is the appropriate percentile of this distribution. For
example, the 99% one-day VaR would represent the 10th worst
outcome from Demeter's simulated profit and loss series.

The Partnership's VaR computations are based on the risk
representation of the underlying benchmark for each instrument or
contract and do not distinguish between exchange and non-exchange
dealer-based instruments. They are also not based on exchange
and/or dealer-based maintenance margin requirements.

VaR models, including the Partnership's, are continuously
evolving as trading portfolios become more diverse and modeling
techniques and systems capabilities improve. Please note that
the VaR model is used to numerically quantify market risk for
historic reporting purposes only and is not utilized by either
Demeter or the Trading Manager in their daily risk management
activities. Please further note that VaR as described above may
not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other
entities.

The Partnership's Value at Risk in Different Market Sectors
The following table indicates the VaR associated with the
Partnership's open positions as a percentage of total net assets
by primary market risk category at December 31, 2003 and 2002. At
December 31, 2003 and 2002, the Partnership's total capital-
ization was approximately $7 million and $9 million, respectively.

Primary Market December 31, 2003 December 31, 2002
Risk Category Value at Risk Value at Risk

Currency (2.80)% (3.35)%
Interest Rate (0.84) (2.41)
Equity (0.52) -
Commodity (1.85) (2.25)
Aggregate Value at Risk (3.45)% (4.76)%

The VaR for a market category represents the one-day downside risk
for the aggregate exposures associated with this market category.
The Aggregate Value at Risk listed above represents the VaR of the
Partnership's open positions across all the market
categories, and is less than the sum of the VaRs for all such
market categories due to the diversification benefit across asset
classes.

Because the business of the Partnership is the speculative trading
of futures and forwards, the composition of its trading portfolio
can change significantly over any given time period, or even within
a single trading day, which could positively or negatively
materially impact market risk as measured by VaR.

The table below supplements the December 31, 2003 VaR set forth
above by presenting the Partnership's high, low and average VaR, as
a percentage of total net assets for the four quarter-end
reporting periods from January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2003.

Primary Market Risk Category High Low Average
Currency (2.80)% (0.86)% (1.78)%
Interest Rate (2.09) (0.08) (1.06)
Equity (0.52) - (0.19)
Commodity (1.98) (1.74) (1.87)
Aggregate Value at Risk (3.45)% (2.77)% (3.01)%

Limitations on Value at Risk as an Assessment of Market Risk
The face value of the market sector instruments held by the
Partnership is typically many times the applicable margin
requirements. Margin requirements generally range between 2% and
15% of contract face value. Additionally, the use of leverage
causes the face value of the market sector instruments held
by the Partnership to typically be many times the total
capitalization of the Partnership. The value of the
Partnership's open positions thus creates a "risk of ruin" not
typically found in other investments. The relative size of the
positions held may cause the Partnership to incur losses greatly in
excess of VaR within a short period of time, given the effects of
the leverage employed and market volatility. The VaR tables above,
as well as the past performance of the Partnership, give no
indication of such "risk of ruin". In addition, VaR risk measures
should be viewed in light of the methodology's limitations, which
include the following:
? past changes in market risk factors will not always result in
accurate predictions of the distributions and correlations of
future market movements;
? changes in portfolio value caused by market movements may
differ from those of the VaR model;
? VaR results reflect past trading positions while future risk
depends on future positions;
? VaR using a one-day time horizon does not fully capture the
market risk of positions that cannot be liquidated or hedged
within one day; and
? the historical market risk factor data used for VaR estimation
may provide only limited insight into losses that could be
incurred under certain unusual market movements.

The VaR tables provided present the results of the
Partnership's VaR for each of the Partnership's market risk
exposures and on an aggregate basis at December 31, 2003 and 2002
and for the four quarter-end reporting periods during calendar year
2003. VaR is not necessarily representative of the historic risk,
nor should it be used to predict the Partnership's future financial
performance or its ability to manage or monitor risk. There can be
no assurance that the Partnership's actual losses on a particular
day will not exceed the VaR amounts indicated above or that such
losses will not occur more than once in 100 trading days.

Non-Trading Risk
The Partnership has non-trading market risk on its foreign cash
balances not needed for margin. These balances and any market risk
they may represent are immaterial.

The Partnership also maintains a substantial portion
(approximately 90% as of December 31, 2003) of its available assets
in cash at Morgan Stanley DW. A decline in short-term interest
rates would result in a decline in the Partnership's cash
management income. This cash flow risk is not considered to be
material.

Materiality, as used throughout this section, is based on an
assessment of reasonably possible market movements and any
associated potential losses, taking into account the leverage,
optionality and multiplier features of the Partnership's
market-sensitive instruments, in relation to the Partnership's net
assets.

Qualitative Disclosure Regarding Primary Trading Risk Exposures
The following qualitative disclosures regarding the Partnership's
market risk exposures - except for (A) those disclosures that are
statements of historical fact and (B) the descriptions of how the
Partnership manages its primary market risk exposures -
constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act. The Partnership's primary market risk exposures, as
well as the strategies used and to be used by Demeter and the
Trading Manager for managing such exposures, are subject to
numerous uncertainties, contingencies and risks, any one of which
could cause the actual results of the Partnership's risk controls
to differ materially from the objectives of such strategies.
Government interventions, defaults and expropriations, illiquid
markets, the emergence of dominant fundamental factors, political
upheavals, changes in historical price relationships, an influx of
new market participants, increased regulation and many other
factors could result in material losses, as well as in material
changes to the risk exposures and the risk management strategies of
the Partnership. Investors must be prepared to lose all or
substantially all of their investment in the Partnership.

The following were the primary trading risk exposures of
the Partnership at December 31, 2003, by market sector. It may be
anticipated, however, that these market exposures will vary
materially over time.

Currency. The primary market exposure of the Partnership at
December 31, 2003 was to the currency sector. The Partnership's
currency exposure is to exchange rate fluctuations, primarily
fluctuations which disrupt the historical pricing relationships
between different currencies and currency pairs. Interest rate
changes as well as political and general economic conditions
influence these fluctuations. The Partnership trades a large
number of currencies, including cross-rates - i.e., positions
between two currencies other than the U.S. dollar. At December
31, 2003, the Partnership's major exposures were to euro,
Japanese yen, and British pound currency crosses and to outright
U.S. dollar positions. Outright positions consist of the U.S.
dollar vs. other currencies. These other currencies include
major and minor currencies. Demeter does not anticipate that the
risk profile of the Partnership's currency sector will change
significantly in the future. The currency trading VaR figure
includes foreign margin amounts converted into U.S. dollars with
an incremental adjustment to reflect the exchange rate risk
inherent to the U.S.-based Partnership in expressing VaR in a
functional currency other than U.S. dollars.

Interest Rate. The second largest market exposure at
December 31, 2003 was to the global interest rate complex,
primarily to the Japanese and U.S. interest rate sectors.
Interest rate movements directly affect the price of the
sovereign bond futures positions held by the Partnership and
indirectly affect the value of its stock index and currency
positions. Interest rate movements in one country, as well as
relative interest rate movements between countries, materially
impact the Partnership's profitability. The Partnership's
primary interest rate exposure is generally to interest rate
fluctuations in the U.S. and the other G-7 countries. The G-7
countries consist of France, the U.S., Britain, Germany, Japan,
Italy and Canada. Demeter anticipates that G-7 countries
interest rates will remain the primary interest rate exposure of
the Partnership for the foreseeable future. The speculative
futures positions held by the Partnership may range from short to
long-term instruments. Consequently, changes in short, medium or
long-term interest rates may have an effect on the Partnership.

Equity. The third largest market exposure of the Partnership at
December 31, 2003 was to equity price risk in the G-7 countries.
The stock index futures traded by the Partnership are by law
limited to futures on broadly-based indices. At December 31,
2003, the Partnership's primary exposure was to the S&P 500
(U.S.) stock index. The Partnership is primarily exposed to the
risk of adverse price trends or static markets in the U.S. stock
indices. Static markets would not cause major market
changes but would make it difficult for the Partnership to avoid
trendless price movements resulting in numerous small losses.

Commodity.
Energy. At December 31, 2003, the Partnership's energy
exposure was primarily to futures contracts in crude oil and
natural gas. Price movements in these markets result from
geopolitical developments, particularly in the Middle East,
as well as weather patterns and other economic fundamentals.
Significant profits and losses, which have been experienced
in the past, are expected to continue to be experienced in
the future. Natural gas has exhibited volatility in prices
resulting from weather patterns and supply and demand
factors and may continue in this choppy pattern.

Metals. The Partnership's metals exposure at December 31,
2003 was to fluctuations in the price of precious metals
such as gold and base metals, such as aluminum, copper,
nickel, and zinc. Economic forces, supply and demand
inequalities, geopolitical factors and market expectations
influence price movements in these markets. The Trading
Manager, from time to time, takes positions when market
opportunities develop and Demeter anticipates that the
Partnership will continue to do so.

Soft Commodities and Agriculturals. At December 31, 2003,
the Partnership had exposure to the markets that comprise
these sectors. Most of the exposure was to the cotton and
corn markets. Supply and demand inequalities, severe
weather disruptions and market expectations affect price
movements in these markets.

Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Non-Trading Risk Exposure

The following was the only non-trading risk exposure of the
Partnership at December 31, 2003:

Foreign Currency Balances. The Partnership's primary
foreign currency balance at December 31, 2003 was in the
Australian dollars. The Partnership controls the non-
trading risk of foreign currency balances by regularly
converting them back into U.S. dollars upon liquidation of
their respective positions.

Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Means of Managing Risk Exposure
The Partnership and the Trading Manager, separately, attempt to
manage the risk of the Partnership's open positions in essentially
the same manner in all market categories traded. Demeter attempts
to manage market exposure by diversifying the Partnership's assets
among different market sectors and trading approaches, and by
monitoring the performance of the Trading Manager daily. In
addition, the Trading Manager establishes diversification
guidelines, often set in terms of the maximum margin to be
committed to positions in any one market sector or market-
sensitive instrument.

Demeter monitors and controls the risk of the Partnership's non-
trading instrument, cash. Cash is the only Partnership investment
directed by Demeter, rather than the Trading Manager.

Item 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
The Financial Statements are incorporated by reference to the
Partnership's Annual Report which is filed as Exhibit 13.01
hereto.

Supplementary data specified by Item 302 of Regulation S-K:

Summary of Quarterly Results (Unaudited)

Quarter Revenues/ Net Net Income/
Ended Net (Losses) Income/(Loss) (Loss) Per Unit

2003
March 31 $ 1,422,482 $ 1,024,557 $ 450.94
June 30 (479,607) (696,964) (313.52)
September 30 (716,310) (908,199) (432.13)
December 31 (192,093) (358,162) (172.27)

Total $ 34,472 $ (938,768) $(466.98)

2002
March 31 $ 182,069 $ 5,715 $ 2.30
June 30 1,701,046 1,318,853 537.13
September 30 1,376,819 1,034,182 445.67
December 31 (134,746) (291,827) (127.86)

Total $ 3,125,188 $ 2,066,923 $ 857.24

Item 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON
ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None.
Item 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
(a) As of the end of the period covered by this annual
report, the President and Chief Financial Officer of the
general partner, Demeter, have evaluated the
effectiveness of the Partnership's disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-
15(e) of the Exchange Act), and have judged such
controls and procedures to be effective.

(b) There have been no significant changes in the
Partnership's internal controls or in other factors that
could significantly affect these controls
subsequent to the date of their evaluation.

PART III

Item 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

There are no directors or executive officers of the Partnership.
The Partnership is managed by Demeter.

Directors and Officers of the General Partner
The directors and executive officers of Demeter are as follows:

Jeffrey A. Rothman, age 42, is the Chairman of the Board of
Directors and President of Demeter. Mr. Rothman is the Executive
Director of Morgan Stanley Managed Futures, responsible for
overseeing all aspects of the firm's managed futures department.
He is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Morgan
Stanley Futures & Currency Management Inc. Mr. Rothman has been
with the managed futures department for seventeen years.
Throughout his career, Mr. Rothman has helped with the
development, marketing and administration of approximately 39
commodity pools. Mr. Rothman is an active member of the Managed
Funds Association and serves on its Board of Directors. Mr.
Rothman has a B.A. degree in Liberal Arts from Brooklyn College,
New York.

Richard A. Beech, age 52, is a Director of Demeter. Mr. Beech has
been associated with the futures industry for over 25 years. He
has been at Morgan Stanley DW since August 1984 where he is
presently an Executive Director and head of Futures, Forex &
Metals. Mr. Beech began his career at the Chicago
Mercantile Exchange, where he became the Chief Agricultural
Economist doing market analysis, marketing and compliance. Prior
to joining Morgan Stanley DW, Mr. Beech worked at two investment
banking firms in operations, research, managed futures and sales
management. Mr. Beech has a B.S. degree in Business
Administration from Ohio State University and an M.B.A. degree
from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Raymond A. Harris, age 47, is a Director of Demeter and of Morgan
Stanley Futures & Currency Management Inc. Mr. Harris is
currently Managing Director and head of Client Solutions for
Morgan Stanley Individual Investor Group. Mr. Harris joined
Morgan Stanley in 1982 and served in financial and operational
assignments for Dean Witter Reynolds. In 1994, he joined the
Discover Financial Services division, leading restructuring and
product development efforts. Mr. Harris became Chief
Administrative Officer for Morgan Stanley Investment Management in
1999. In 2001, he was named head of Global Products and Services
for Investment Management. Mr. Harris has an M.B.A. in Finance
from the University of Chicago and a B.A. degree from Boston
College.

Frank Zafran, age 48, is a Director of Demeter and of Morgan
Stanley Futures & Currency Management Inc. Mr. Zafran is an
Executive Director of Morgan Stanley and, in September 2002, was
named Chief Administrative Officer of Morgan Stanley's
Client Solutions Division. Mr. Zafran joined the firm in 1979 and
has held various positions in Corporate Accounting and the
Insurance Department, including Senior Operations Officer -
Insurance Division, until his appointment in 2000 as Director of
401(k) Plan Services, responsible for all aspects of 401(k) Plan
Services including marketing, sales and operations. Mr. Zafran
received a B.S. degree in Accounting from Brooklyn College, New
York.

Douglas J. Ketterer, age 38, was named a Director of Demeter, and
confirmed by the National Futures Association as a principal of
Demeter on October 27, 2003. Mr. Ketterer is a Managing Director
and head of the Investment Solutions Group, which is comprised of
a number of departments which offer products and services through
Morgan Stanley's Individual Investor Group (including Managed
Futures, Alternative Investments, Insurance Services, Personal
Trust, Corporate Services, and others). Mr. Ketterer joined the
firm in 1990 in the Corporate Finance Division as a part of the
Retail Products Group. He later moved to the origination side of
Investment Banking, and then, after the merger between Morgan
Stanley and Dean Witter, served in the Product Development Group
at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Advisors (now known as Morgan
Stanley Funds). From the summer of 2000 to the summer of 2002,
Mr. Ketterer served as the Chief Administrative Officer for
Morgan Stanley Investment Management, where he headed the
Strategic Planning & Administrative Group. Mr. Ketterer received
his M.B.A. from New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of
Business and his B.S. in Finance from the University at Albany's
School of Business.

Jeffrey S. Swartz, age 36, was named a Director of Demeter, and
confirmed by the National Futures Association as a principal of
Demeter on October 23, 2003. Mr. Swartz is a Managing Director
and Director of the Mass Affluent Segment of Morgan Stanley's
Individual Investor Group. Mr. Swartz began his career with
Morgan Stanley in 1990, working as a Financial Advisor in Boston.
He was appointed Sales Manager of the Boston office in 1994, and
served in that role for two years. In 1996, he was named Branch
Manager of the Cincinnati office. In 1999, Mr. Swartz was named
Associate Director of the Midwest Region, which consisted of 10
states and approximately 90 offices. Mr. Swartz served in this
capacity until October of 2001, when he was named Director of
Investor Advisory Services ("IAS") Strategy and relocated to IAS
headquarters in New York. In December of 2002, Mr. Swartz was
promoted to Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of IAS
and has recently assumed the responsibility for managing the Mass
Affluent Client Segment. Mr. Swartz received his degree in
Business Administration from the University of New Hampshire.

Jeffrey D. Hahn, age 46, is the Chief Financial Officer of
Demeter. Mr. Hahn began his career at Morgan Stanley in 1992 and
is currently an Executive Director responsible for the
management and supervision of the accounting, reporting, tax and
finance functions for the firm's private equity, managed futures,
and certain legacy real estate investing activities. He is also
the Chief Financial Officer of Morgan Stanley Futures & Currency
Management Inc. From August 1984 through May 1992, Mr. Hahn held
various positions as an auditor at Coopers & Lybrand,
specializing in manufacturing businesses and venture capital
organizations. Mr. Hahn received his B.A. in Economics from St.
Lawrence University in 1979, an M.B.A. from Pace University in
1984, and is a Certified Public Accountant.

All of the foregoing directors have indefinite terms.

The Audit Committee
The Partnership is operated by its general partner, Demeter, and
does not have an audit committee. As such, the entire Board of
Directors of Demeter serves as the audit committee. None of the
directors are considered to be "independent" as that term is used
in Item 7(d)(3)(iv) of Schedule 14A under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended. The Board of Directors of Demeter has
determined that Mr. Jeffrey D. Hahn is the audit committee
financial expert.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
The Partnership has no directors, executive officers or greater
than 10 percent beneficial owners and none of the directors or
executive officers of Demeter, the general partner of the
Partnership, own Units of the Partnership. As such, no Forms 3,
4, or 5 have been filed.

Code of Ethics
The Partnership has not adopted a code of ethics that applies to
the Partnership's principal executive officer, principal financial
officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons
performing similar functions. The Partnership is operated by its
general partner, Demeter. The President, Chief Financial Officer
and each member of the Board of Directors of Demeter are
employees of Morgan Stanley and are subject to the code of ethics
adopted by Morgan Stanley, the text of which can be viewed on
Morgan Stanley's website at www.morganstanley.com/ourcommitment/
codeofconduct.html.

Item 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The Partnership has no directors and executive officers. As a
limited partnership, the business of the Partnership is managed by
Demeter which is responsible for the administration of the
business affairs of the Partnership but receives no compensation
for such services.

Item 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL
OWNERS AND
MANAGEMENT

(a) Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners - At December
31, 2003, there were no persons known to be beneficial owners of
more than 5 percent of the Units.

(b) Security Ownership of Management - At December 31, 2003,
Demeter owned 66.850 Units of general partnership interest,
representing a 3.35 percent interest in the Partnership.

(c) Changes in Control - None

Item 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Refer to Note 2 - "Related Party Transactions" of "Notes to
Financial Statements", in the accompanying Annual Report to
Limited Partners for the year ended December 31, 2003, which is
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 13.01 of this Form 10-K. In
its capacity as the Partnership's retail commodity broker, Morgan
Stanley DW received commodity brokerage commissions (paid and
accrued by the Partnership) of $500,216 for the year ended
December 31, 2003. In its capacity as the Partnership's Trading
Manager, MSFCM received management fees of $272,920 and incentive
fees of $178,017 for the year ended December 31, 2003.

Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
Morgan Stanley DW, on behalf of the Partnership, pays all
accounting fees. The Partnership reimburses Morgan Stanley DW
through the fees it pays, as discussed in the Notes to Financial
Statements in the Annual Report to the Limited Partners for the
year ended December 31, 2003.

(1) Audit Fees. The aggregate fees for professional services
rendered by Deloitte & Touche LLP in connection with their audit
of the Partnership's financial statements and reviews of the
financial statements included in the Quarterly Reports on Form
10-Q and in connection with statutory and regulatory filings for
the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 were approximately
$24,900 and $24,829, respectively.

(2) Audit-Related Fees. There were no fees for assurance and
related services rendered by Deloitte & Touche LLP for the years
ended December 31, 2003 and 2002.

(3) Tax Fees. The aggregate fees for tax compliance services
rendered by Deloitte & Touche LLP for the years ended December 31,
2003 and 2002 were approximately $29,914 and $29,066,
respectively.

(4) All Other Fees. None.

As of the date of this Report, the Board of Directors of
Demeter has not adopted pre-approval policies and procedures. As
a result, all services provided by Deloitte & Touche LLP must be
directly pre-approved by the Board of Directors of Demeter.

PART IV

Item 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES, AND REPORTS ON
FORM 8-K

(a) 1. Listing of Financial Statements
The following financial statements and report of independent
auditors, all appearing in the accompanying Annual Report to
Limited Partners for the year ended December 31, 2003, are
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 13.01 of this Form 10-K:
- - Report of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors, for
the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001.

- - Statements of Financial Condition, including the Schedules of
Investments, as of December 31, 2003 and 2002.

- - Statements of Operations, Changes in Partners' Capital, and
Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and
2001.

- - Notes to Financial Statements.

With the exception of the aforementioned information and the
information incorporated in Items 7, 8, and 13, the Annual Report
to Limited Partners for the year ended December 31, 2003, is not
deemed to be filed with this report.

2. Listing of Financial Statement Schedules
No financial statement schedules are required to be filed with
this report.

(b) Reports on Form 8-K
No reports on Form 8-K have been filed by the Partnership during
the last quarter of the period covered by this report.

(c) Exhibits
Refer to Exhibit Index on Page E-1 to E-2.
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

DEAN WITTER DIVERSIFIED FUTURES FUND II L.P.
(Registrant)

BY: Demeter Management Corporation,
General Partner

March 30, 2004 BY: /s/Jeffrey A. Rothman
Jeffrey A. Rothman,
President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of
the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Demeter Management Corporation.

BY: /s/ Jeffrey A. Rothman March 30, 2004
Jeffrey A. Rothman, President

/s/ Douglas J. Ketterer March 30, 2004
Douglas J. Ketterer, Director

/s/ Jeffrey S. Swartz March 30, 2004
Jeffrey S. Swartz, Director

/s/ Richard A. Beech March 30, 2004
Richard A. Beech, Director

/s/ Raymond A. Harris March 30, 2004
Raymond A. Harris, Director

/s/ Frank Zafran March 30, 2004
Frank Zafran, Director

/s/ Jeffrey D. Hahn March 30, 2004
Jeffrey D. Hahn, Chief
Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

ITEM

3.01 Limited Partnership Agreement of the Partnership, dated as
of October 28, 1988, is incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.01 and Exhibit 3.02 of the Partnership's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.24662).

10.01 Management Agreement among the Partnership, Demeter
Management Corporation and Dean Witter Futures & Currency
Management Inc. dated as of October 28, 1988, is
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.02 of the
Partnership's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File
No.24462).

10.02 Amended and Restated Customer Agreement between the
Partnership and Morgan Stanley DW Inc., dated as of May 19,
2000, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.01 of the
Partnership's Form 8-K (File No. 0-17446) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2001.

10.03 Commodity Futures Customer Agreement between Morgan Stanley
& Co. Incorporated and the Partnership, and acknowledged
and agreed to by Morgan Stanley DW Inc., dated as of May 1,
2000, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.02 of the
Partnership's Form 8-K (File No. 0-17446) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2001.

10.04 Customer Agreement between the Partnership and Morgan
Stanley & Co. International Limited, dated as of May 1,
2000, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.04 of the
Partnership's Form 8-K (File No. 0-17446) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2001.

10.05 Foreign Exchange and Options Master Agreement between
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and the Partnership,
dated as of April 30, 2000, is incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.05 of the Partnership's Form 8-K (File No. 0-
17446) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
November 13, 2001.

10.06 Securities Account Control Agreement among the Partnership,
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, and Morgan Stanley DW
Inc., dated as of May 1, 2000, is incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.03 of the Partnership's Form 8-K (File No. 0-
17446) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
November 13, 2001.

E-1

13.01 December 31, 2003 Annual Report to Limited Partners is
filed herewith.

31.01 Certification of President of Demeter Management
Corporation, the general partner of the Partnership,
pursuant to rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e), as adopted
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.02 Certification of Chief Financial Officer of Demeter
Management Corporation, the general partner of the
Partnership, pursuant to rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e), as
adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002.

32.01 Certification of President of Demeter Management
Corporation, the general partner of the Partnership,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.02 Certification of Chief Financial Officer of Demeter
Management Corporation, the general partner of the
Partnership, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

E-2

Diversified
Futures
Fund II

December 31, 2003
Annual Report

[LOGO] Morgan Stanley

DEAN WITTER DIVERSIFIED FUTURES FUND II L.P.

HISTORICAL FUND PERFORMANCE

Presented below is the percentage change in Net Asset Value per Unit from the
start of each calendar year the Fund has traded. Also provided is the
inception-to-date return and the compound annualized return since inception for
the Fund. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.

INCEPTION-
TO-DATE
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 RETURN
FUND % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % %
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Diversified Futures Fund
II..................... 5.8 51.9 21.7 18.0 7.3 5.4 (2.9) (4.8) 11.3 5.2 (9.5) 20.3 1.9 27.4 (11.7) 252.4
(11 1/2 mos.)
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

COMPOUND
ANNUALIZED
RETURN
FUND %
- -----------------------------------

Diversified Futures Fund
II..................... 8.8

- -----------------------------------

DEMETER MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

825 Third Avenue, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Telephone (212) 310-6444

DEAN WITTER DIVERSIFIED FUTURES FUND II L.P.
ANNUAL REPORT
2003

Dear Limited Partner:

This marks the fifteenth annual report for the Dean Witter Diversified
Futures Fund II L.P. (the "Fund"). The Fund began the year at a Net Asset Value
per Unit of $3,990.48 and decreased by 11.7% to $3,523.50 on December 31, 2003.
The Fund has increased by 252.4% since it began trading in January 1989 (a
compound annualized return of 8.8%).

Detailed performance information for the Fund is located in the body of the
financial report. We provide a trading results by sector chart that portrays
trading gains and trading losses for the year in each sector in which the Fund
participates.

The trading results by sector chart indicates the year's composite percentage
returns generated by the specific assets dedicated to trading within each
market sector in which the Fund participates. Please note that there is not an
equal amount of assets in each market sector, and the specific allocations of
assets by the Fund to each sector will vary over time within a predetermined
range. Below the chart is a description of the factors that influenced trading
gains and trading losses within the Fund during the year.

Should you have any questions concerning this report, please feel free to
contact Demeter Management Corporation, 825 Third Avenue, 9th Floor, New York,
New York 10022 or your Morgan Stanley Financial Advisor.

I hereby affirm, that to the best of my knowledge and belief, the information
contained in this report is accurate and complete. Past performance is no
guarantee of future results.

Sincerely,

/s/ Jeffrey A. Rothman

Jeffrey A. Rothman
Chairman and President
Demeter Management Corporation
General Partner for
Dean Witter Diversified Futures Fund II L.P.

DEAN WITTER DIVERSIFIED FUTURES FUND II L.P.

[CHART]

Year ended December 31, 2003

Currencies 10.38%
Interest Rates -7.52%
Stock Indices 0.31%
Energies -4.10%
Metals 0.96%
Agriculturals -6.11%

Note: Includes trading results and commissions but does not include other fees
or interest income.

FACTORS INFLUENCING ANNUAL TRADING LOSSES:

.. In the global interest rate markets, losses were incurred from short
positions in Japanese, Australian and European interest rate futures during
September as bond prices reversed higher due to renewed skepticism regarding
a global economic recovery and lower equity prices. Further losses in this
sector resulted from long positions in Australian interest rate futures
during March as prices reversed sharply lower amid reports of advancing
Coalition forces in the Persian Gulf region. Losses within this sector
continued during December as European bond prices increased in value amid
perceptions that the European Central Bank would maintain low interest
rates. Consequently, losses were recorded on short positions in European
interest rate futures.

.. Additional losses were recorded in the agricultural markets from positions
in coffee and cotton futures as prices experienced volatile price movement
throughout a majority of the year. Elsewhere in the agricultural markets,
losses were recorded during October from short positions in corn futures as
prices reversed higher due to news of a decrease in supply.

.. In the energy markets, losses were recorded primarily during October, as the
Fund entered the month with short natural gas positions, which proved
unprofitable as prices rallied during the first part of the month. In
response to this rise in prices, the Fund reversed its position from short
to long, only

DEAN WITTER DIVERSIFIED FUTURES FUND II L.P.
(continued)

to see prices decline in the latter part of the month. Additional losses were
incurred in the energy sector from positions in crude oil futures as prices
moved erratically during October in response to geopolitical and
supply/demand factors. Losses were also experienced during November and
December as energy prices continued to trade in a volatile fashion.

FACTORS INFLUENCING ANNUAL TRADING GAINS:

.. In the currency markets, gains were produced by long positions in the
Australian dollar versus the U.S. dollar during a majority of the year as
the value of the Australian currency increased versus the U.S. dollar on the
heels of higher commodity prices and a significant interest rate
differential between the two countries. Additional gains resulted from long
positions in the euro, Singapore dollar, Swedish krona, and Swiss franc
versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the U.S. dollar declined throughout
much of the year due to geopolitical uncertainty and negative economic data.
Additional currency gains were recorded from long positions in the euro
versus the Japanese yen.

.. Gains were recorded in the metals markets, primarily during the fourth
quarter, from long positions in copper and nickel as base metal prices
rallied in response to growing investor sentiment that the global economy
was on the path to recovery and amid increased demand, especially from China.

.. In the global stock index futures markets, gains were experienced primarily
during December from long positions in U.S. stock index futures as prices
increased due to strong manufacturing data and the strongest U.S. quarterly
growth rate in almost 20 years.

DEAN WITTER DIVERSIFIED FUTURES FUND II L.P.

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

To the Limited Partners and the General Partner:

We have audited the accompanying statements of financial condition of Dean
Witter Diversified Futures Fund II L.P. (the "Partnership"), including the
schedules of investments, as of December 31, 2003 and 2002 and the related
statements of operations, changes in partners' capital, and cash flows for each
of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2003. These financial
statements are the responsibility of the Partnership's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally
accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our
audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, such financial statements present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of Dean Witter Diversified Futures Fund II
L.P. at December 31, 2003 and 2002, and the results of its operations and its
cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2003 in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
of America.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

New York, New York
March 2, 2004

DEAN WITTER DIVERSIFIED FUTURES FUND II L.P.

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

DECEMBER 31,
-------------------
2003 2002
--------- ---------
$ $

ASSETS
Equity in futures interests trading accounts:
Cash 6,963,743 8,415,187
Net unrealized gain on open contracts
(MS&Co.) 225,039 1,195,269
Net unrealized gain (loss) on open
contracts (MSIL) 151,334 (206,630)
--------- ---------
Total net unrealized gain on
open contracts 376,373 988,639
--------- ---------
Total Trading Equity 7,340,116 9,403,826
Interest receivable (Morgan Stanley DW) 4,115 7,278
--------- ---------
Total Assets 7,344,231 9,411,104
========= =========

LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' CAPITAL

LIABILITIES
Redemptions payable 295,570 41,293
Accrued management fees (MSFCM) 18,361 23,527
Accrued incentive fee (MSFCM) -- 279,771
--------- ---------
Total Liabilities 313,931 344,591
--------- ---------

PARTNERS' CAPITAL
Limited Partners (1,928.408 and
2,168.038 Units, respectively) 6,794,754 8,651,504
General Partner (66.850 and 104 Units,
respectively) 235,546 415,009
--------- ---------
Total Partners' Capital 7,030,300 9,066,513
--------- ---------
Total Liabilities and
Partners' Capital 7,344,231 9,411,104
========= =========

NET ASSET VALUE PER UNIT 3,523.50 3,990.48
========= =========

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

DEAN WITTER DIVERSIFIED FUTURES FUND II L.P.

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
-----------------------------
2003 2002 2001
-------- --------- ---------
$ $ $

REVENUES
Trading profit (loss):
Realized 571,875 1,941,599 1,586,892
Net change in unrealized (612,266) 915,383 (971,318)
-------- --------- ---------
(40,391) 2,856,982 615,574
Proceeds from Litigation Settlement -- 157,127 --
-------- --------- ---------
Total Trading Results (40,391) 3,014,109 615,574
Interest income (Morgan Stanley DW) 74,863 111,079 226,967
-------- --------- ---------
Total 34,472 3,125,188 842,541
-------- --------- ---------
EXPENSES
Brokerage commissions
(Morgan Stanley DW) 500,216 457,984 413,915
Management fees (MSFCM) 272,920 261,122 251,672
Incentive fees (MSFCM) 178,017 317,785 (8,184)
Transaction fees and costs 22,087 21,374 19,463
-------- --------- ---------
Total 973,240 1,058,265 676,866
-------- --------- ---------
NET INCOME (LOSS) (938,768) 2,066,923 165,675
======== ========= =========
NET INCOME (LOSS) ALLOCATION:
Limited Partners (924,305) 1,977,771 159,712
General Partner (14,463) 89,152 5,963

NET INCOME (LOSS) PER UNIT:
Limited Partners (466.98) 857.24 57.34
General Partner (466.98) 857.24 57.34

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN PARTNERS' CAPITAL

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2003, 2002 AND 2001

UNITS OF
PARTNERSHIP LIMITED GENERAL
INTEREST PARTNERS PARTNER TOTAL
----------- --------- -------- ----------
$ $ $

Partners' Capital,
December 31, 2000 2,713.949 8,027,946 319,894 8,347,840
Net income -- 159,712 5,963 165,675
Redemptions (220.940) (702,310) -- (702,310)
--------- --------- -------- ----------
Partners' Capital,
December 31, 2001 2,493.009 7,485,348 325,857 7,811,205
Net income -- 1,977,771 89,152 2,066,923
Redemptions (220.971) (811,615) -- (811,615)
--------- --------- -------- ----------
Partners' Capital,
December 31, 2002 2,272.038 8,651,504 415,009 9,066,513
Net loss -- (924,305) (14,463) (938,768)
Redemptions (276.780) (932,445) (165,000) (1,097,445)
--------- --------- -------- ----------
Partners' Capital,
December 31, 2003 1,995.258 6,794,754 235,546 7,030,300
========= ========= ======== ==========

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

DEAN WITTER DIVERSIFIED FUTURES FUND II L.P.

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
--------------------------------
2003 2002 2001
---------- --------- ---------
$ $ $

CASH FLOWS FROM
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income (loss) (938,768) 2,066,923 165,675
Noncash item included in net
income (loss):
Net change in unrealized 612,266 (915,383) 971,318
Decrease in operating assets:
Interest receivable
(Morgan Stanley DW) 3,163 2,334 21,511
Increase (decrease) in operating
liabilities:
Accrued management fees
(MSFCM) (5,166) 3,405 (1,171)
Accrued incentive fees
(MSFCM) (279,771) 269,084 (10,410)
---------- --------- ---------
Net cash provided by (used for)
operating activities (608,276) 1,426,363 1,146,923
---------- --------- ---------

CASH FLOWS FROM
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Increase (decrease) in
redemptions payable 254,277 (165,448) 79,660
Redemptions of Units (1,097,445) (811,615) (702,310)
---------- --------- ---------
Net cash used for financing
activities (843,168) (977,063) (622,650)
---------- --------- ---------

Net increase (decrease) in cash (1,451,444) 449,300 524,273

Balance at beginning of period 8,415,187 7,965,887 7,441,614
---------- --------- ---------

Balance at end of period 6,963,743 8,415,187 7,965,887
========== ========= =========

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

DEAN WITTER DIVERSIFIED FUTURES FUND II L.P.

SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS

DECEMBER 31, 2003 AND 2002

LONG UNREALIZED PERCENTAGE SHORT UNREALIZED PERCENTAGE
FUTURES AND FORWARD CONTRACTS: GAIN/(LOSS) OF NET ASSETS GAIN/(LOSS) OF NET ASSETS
- ------------------------------ --------------- ------------- ---------------- -------------
2003 PARTNERSHIP NET ASSETS: $7,030,300 $ % $ %

Foreign currency 18,651 0.27 -- --
Commodity 235,364 3.35 (39,900) (0.57)
Interest Rate (25,708) (0.37) -- --
Equity 38,900 0.55 -- --
-------- ----- ------- -----
Grand Total: 267,207 3.80 (39,900) (0.57)
======== ===== ======= =====
Unrealized Currency Gain

Total Net Unrealized Gain per Statement of
Financial Condition

2002 PARTNERSHIP NET ASSETS: $9,066,513
Foreign currency 803,531 8.86* -- --
Commodity (210,134) (2.32) 11,650 0.13
Interest Rate 241,101 2.66 -- --
-------- ----- ------- -----
Grand Total: 834,498 9.20 11,650 0.13
======== ===== ======= =====
Unrealized Currency Gain

Total Net Unrealized Gain per Statement of
Financial Condition

FUTURES AND FORWARD CONTRACTS: NET UNREALIZED GAIN/(LOSS) # OF CONTRACTS/NOTIONAL AMOUNTS
- ------------------------------ -------------------------- -------------------------------
2003 PARTNERSHIP NET ASSETS: $7,030,300 $

Foreign currency 18,651 682,481,830
Commodity 195,464 177
Interest Rate (25,708) 25
Equity 38,900 4
--------
Grand Total: 227,307

Unrealized Currency Gain 149,066
--------
Total Net Unrealized Gain per Statement of
Financial Condition 376,373
========
2002 PARTNERSHIP NET ASSETS: $9,066,513
Foreign currency 803,531 504,102,936
Commodity (198,484) 263
Interest Rate 241,101 215
--------
Grand Total: 846,148

Unrealized Currency Gain 142,491
--------
Total Net Unrealized Gain per Statement of
Financial Condition 988,639
========

* No single contract's value exceeds 5% of net assets

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

DEAN WITTER DIVERSIFIED FUTURES FUND II L.P.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
ORGANIZATION. Dean Witter Diversified Futures Fund II L.P. (the "Partnership")
is a limited partnership organized to engage primarily in the speculative
trading of futures and forward contracts on physical commodities and other
commodity interests, including, but not limited to, foreign currencies,
financial instruments, metals, energy and agricultural products (collectively,
"futures interests").

The Partnership's general partner is Demeter Management Corporation
("Demeter"). The non-clearing commodity broker is Morgan Stanley DW Inc.
("Morgan Stanley DW"). The clearing commodity brokers are Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated ("MS&Co.") and Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited
("MSIL"). The trading manager is Morgan Stanley Futures & Currency Management
Inc. ("MSFCM" or the "Trading Manager"). Demeter, Morgan Stanley DW, MS&Co.,
MSIL, and MSFCM are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Morgan Stanley.

Effective June 20, 2002, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. changed its name to
Morgan Stanley.

Demeter is required to maintain a 1% minimum interest in the equity of the
Partnership and income (losses) are shared by Demeter and the limited partners
based upon their proportional ownership interests.

USE OF ESTIMATES. The financial statements are prepared in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which
require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
amounts in the financial statements and related disclosures. Management
believes that the estimates utilized in the preparation of the financial
statements are prudent and reasonable. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.

REVENUE RECOGNITION. Futures interests are open commitments until settlement
date. They are valued at

DEAN WITTER DIVERSIFIED FUTURES FUND II L.P.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(continued)

market on a daily basis and the resulting net change in unrealized gains and
losses is reflected in the change in unrealized profit (loss) on open contracts
from one period to the next on the statements of operations. Monthly, Morgan
Stanley DW pays the Partnership interest income based upon 80% of its average
daily Net Assets for that month at a rate equal to the average yield on 13-week
U.S. Treasury bills. For purposes of such interest payments, Net Assets do not
include monies owed to the Partnership on futures interests.

NET INCOME (LOSS) PER UNIT. Net income (loss) per unit of limited partnership
interest ("Unit(s)") is computed using the weighted average number of Units
outstanding during the period.

CONDENSED SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS. In March 2001, the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants' Accounting Standards Executive Committee ("AICPA
Executive Committee") issued Statement of Position 01-1 ("SOP 01-1") "Amendment
to the Scope of Statement of Position 95-2, Financial Reporting By Nonpublic
Investment Partnerships, to Include Commodity Pools". SOP 01-1 required
commodity pools to include a condensed schedule of investments identifying
those investments which constitute more than 5% of Net Assets, taking long and
short positions into account separately, beginning in fiscal years ending after
December 15, 2001.
In December 2003, the AICPA Executive Committee issued Statement of Position
03-4 ("SOP 03-4") "Reporting Financial Highlights and Schedule of Investments
by Nonregistered Investment Partnerships: An Amendment to the Audit and
Accounting Guide Audits Of Investment Companies and AICPA Statement of Position
95-2, Financial Reporting By Nonpublic Investment Partnerships". SOP 03-4
requires commodity pools to disclose on the Schedule of Investments the number
of contracts, the contracts' expiration dates and the cumulative unrealized
gains/(losses) on open futures contracts, when the cumulative unrealized
gains/(losses) on an open futures contract exceeds 5% of Net Assets, taking
long and short positions into account separately. SOP 03-4 also requires

DEAN WITTER DIVERSIFIED FUTURES FUND II L.P.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(continued)

ratios for expenses and net income/ (losses) based on average net assets to be
disclosed in Financial Highlights. SOP 03-4 is effective for fiscal years
ending after December 15, 2003.

EQUITY IN FUTURES INTERESTS TRADING ACCOUNTS. The Partnership's asset "Equity
in futures interests trading accounts," reflected on the statements of
financial condition, consists of (A) cash on deposit with Morgan Stanley DW,
MS&Co. and MSIL to be used as margin for trading and (B) net unrealized gains
or losses on open contracts, which are valued at market and calculated as the
difference between original contract value and market value.

The Partnership, in the normal course of business, enters into various
contracts with MS&Co. and MSIL acting as its commodity brokers. Pursuant to
brokerage agreements with MS&Co. and MSIL, to the extent that such trading
results in unrealized gains or losses, the amounts are offset and reported on a
net basis on the Partnership's statements of financial condition.

The Partnership has offset the fair value amounts recognized for forward
contracts executed with the same counterparty as allowable under the terms of
its master netting agreement with MS&Co., the sole counterparty on such
contracts. The Partnership has consistently applied its right to offset.

BROKERAGE COMMISSIONS AND RELATED TRANSACTION FEES AND COSTS. The Partnership
accrues brokerage commissions and transaction fees and costs on a half-turn
basis at 80% and 100%, respectively, of the rates Morgan Stanley DW charges
parties that are not clearinghouse members. Brokerage commissions and
transaction fees and costs combined are capped at 13/20 of 1% per month (a
maximum 7.8% annual rate) of the Partnership's Net Assets as of the last day of
each month.

OPERATING EXPENSES. The Partnership incurs a monthly management fee and may
incur an incentive fee. Demeter and Morgan Stanley DW bear all other operating
expenses.

INCOME TAXES. No provision for income taxes has been made in the accompanying
financial statements, as

DEAN WITTER DIVERSIFIED FUTURES FUND II L.P.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(continued)

partners are individually responsible for reporting income or loss based upon
their respective share of the Partnership's revenues and expenses for income
tax purposes.

DISTRIBUTIONS. Distributions, other than redemptions of Units, are made on a
pro-rata basis at the sole discretion of Demeter. No distributions have been
made to date.

REDEMPTIONS. Limited partners may redeem some or all of their Units at 100% of
the Net Asset Value per Unit as of the end of any calendar quarter, upon five
business days advance notice by redemption form to Demeter.

DISSOLUTION OF THE PARTNERSHIP. The Partnership will terminate on December 31,
2025 or at an earlier date if certain conditions set forth in the Limited
Partnership Agreement occur.

LITIGATION SETTLEMENT. On February 27, 2002, the Partnership received
notification of a preliminary entitlement to payment from the Sumitomo Copper
Litigation Settlement Administrator and received payment of this settlement
award in the amount of $157,127 as of August 30, 2002.

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2. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Partnership pays brokerage commissions to Morgan Stanley DW as described in
Note 1. The Partnership's cash is on deposit with Morgan Stanley DW, MS&Co. and
MSIL in futures interests trading accounts to meet margin requirements as
needed. Morgan Stanley DW pays interest on these funds as described in Note 1.
Management fees and incentive fees (if any) incurred by the Partnership are
paid to MSFCM.

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3. TRADING MANAGER
Demeter, on behalf of the Partnership and itself, entered into a management
agreement with MSFCM to make all trading decisions for the Partnership.

DEAN WITTER DIVERSIFIED FUTURES FUND II L.P.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(continued)

Compensation to MSFCM by the Partnership consists of a management fee and an
incentive fee as follows:

MANAGEMENT FEE. The management fee is accrued daily at the rate of 1/4 of 1%
per month (a 3% annual rate) of adjusted Net Assets, as defined in the
management agreement, as of each month-end.

INCENTIVE FEE. The Partnership pays an annual incentive fee to MSFCM equal to
15% of the trading profits earned by the Partnership as of the end of each
annual incentive period ending January 31. Trading profits represent the amount
by which gains from futures and forwards trading exceed losses after brokerage
commissions, management fees and transaction fees and costs are deducted. Such
incentive fee is accrued in each month in which trading profits occur. In those
months in which trading profits are negative, previous accruals, if any, during
the incentive period are reduced.

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4. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The Partnership trades futures and forward contracts on physical commodities
and other commodity interests, including, but not limited to, foreign
currencies, financial instruments, metals, energy and agricultural products.
Futures and forwards represent contracts for delayed delivery of an instrument
at a specified date and price. Risk arises from changes in the value of these
contracts and the potential inability of counterparties to perform under the
terms of the contracts. There are numerous factors which may significantly
influence the market value of these contracts, including interest rate
volatility.

The market value of contracts is based on closing prices quoted by the
exchange, bank or clearing firm through which the contracts are traded.

The Partnership's contracts are accounted for on a trade-date basis and
market to market on a daily basis. The Partnership accounts for its derivative
investments in accordance with the provisions of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and
Hedging Activities"

DEAN WITTER DIVERSIFIED FUTURES FUND II L.P.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(continued)

("SFAS No. 133"). SFAS No. 133 defines a derivative as a financial
instrument or other contract that has all three of the following
characteristics:

(1)One or more underlying notional amounts or payment provisions;

(2)Requires no initial net investment or a smaller initial net investment than
would be required relative to changes in market factors;

(3)Terms require or permit net settlement.

Generally, derivatives include futures, forward, swaps or options contracts,
and other financial instruments with similar characteristics such as caps,
floors and collars.

The net unrealized gains on open contracts at December 31, reported as a
component of "Equity in futures interests trading accounts" on the statements
of financial condition, and their longest contract maturities were as follows:

NET UNREALIZED GAINS
ON OPEN CONTRACTS LONGEST MATURITIES
--------------------------- ---------------------
OFF- OFF-
EXCHANGE- EXCHANGE- EXCHANGE- EXCHANGE-
YEAR TRADED TRADED TOTAL TRADED TRADED
---- --------- --------- ------- ---------- ----------
$ $ $

2003 357,722 18,651 376,373 Mar. 2004 Mar. 2004
2002 185,108 803,531 988,639 Sept. 2004 April 2003

The Partnership has credit risk associated with counterparty nonperformance.
The credit risk associated with the instruments in which the Partnership is
involved is limited to the amounts reflected in the Partnership's statements of
financial condition.

The Partnership also has credit risk because Morgan Stanley DW, MS&Co., and
MSIL act as the futures commission merchants or the counterparties, with
respect to most of the Partnership's assets. Exchange-traded futures contracts
are marked to market on a daily basis, with variations in value settled on a
daily basis. Morgan Stanley DW, MS&Co. and MSIL each as a futures commission
merchant for the Partnership's exchange-traded futures contracts, are required,
pursuant to regulations of the Commodity Futures

DEAN WITTER DIVERSIFIED FUTURES FUND II L.P.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(concluded)

Trading Commission to segregate from their own assets, and for the sole benefit
of their commodity customers, all funds held by them with respect to
exchange-traded futures contracts, including an amount equal to the net
unrealized gains on all open futures contracts, which funds, in the aggregate,
totaled $7,321,465 and $8,600,295 at December 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively.
With respect to the Partnership's off-exchange-traded forward currency
contracts, there are no daily exchange-required settlements of variations in
value nor is there any requirement that an amount equal to the net unrealized
gains on open forward contracts be segregated, however, MS&Co. and Morgan
Stanley DW will make daily settlements of losses as needed. With respect to
those off-exchange-traded forward currency contracts, the Partnership is at
risk to the ability of MS&Co., the sole counterparty on all such contracts, to
perform. The Partnership has a netting agreement with MS&Co. This agreement,
which seeks to reduce both the Partnership's and MS&Co.'s exposure on
off-exchange-traded forward currency contracts, should materially decrease the
Partnership's credit risk in the event of MS&Co.'s bankruptcy or insolvency.

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5. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

PER UNIT:
---------

NET ASSET VALUE, JANUARY 1, 2003: $3,990.48
---------
NET OPERATING RESULTS:
Realized Profit 233.81
Unrealized Loss (284.03)
Interest Income 34.73
Expenses (451.49)
---------
Net Loss (466.98)
---------
NET ASSET VALUE, DECEMBER 31, 2003: $3,523.50
=========

Expense Ratio 10.9 %
Net Loss Ratio (10.5)%

TOTAL RETURN 2003 (11.7)%

INCEPTION-TO-DATE RETURN 252.4 %

COMPOUND ANNUALIZED RETURN 8.8 %

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