UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.  )

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NUVEEN ARIZONA DIVIDEND ADVANTAGE MUNICIPAL FUND 3 (NXE)

(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

 

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The following was emailed to financial advisors on or about August 10, 2007:

We want to share with you in advance important news regarding Nuveen Investments. As part of Madison Dearborn’s announced intention to buy Nuveen, we will soon deliver proxies to both open and closed-end fund investors asking them to approve the change in control. A shareholder meeting is scheduled for October 12, 2007 and we will be mailing proxies to shareholders in late August and early September.

To facilitate this process, we are asking for your help communicating this information to your firm’s financial advisors and their clients.

We thank you for your continued support of Nuveen and hope you can join us on September 5th to kick off this very important proxy project.