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Anchor National Life Insurance Company
1 SunAmerica Center
Century City
Los Angeles, CA 90067-6022
310-772-6000
Mailing Address: [LOGO] ANCHOR NATIONAL
P.O. Box 54197 A SunAmerica Company
Los Angeles, CA 90054-0197
VIA EDGAR
February 4, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Variable Annuity Account Five
Anchor National Life Insurance Company
File Nos. 333-08859 and 811-7727
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j), please be advised that the form of prospectus and
statement of additional information dated February 2, 1998, for Variable Annuity
Account Five (the "Separate Account") contains no changes from the form of
prospectus and statement of additional information for the Separate Account
submitted in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 under the Securities Act of 1933 and
Amendment No. 2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 to the Separate
Account's registration statement on Form N-4 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on January 30, 1998, via EDGAR.
If you have any further questions regarding this filing, please do not
hesitate to contact me at (310) 772-6062.
Very truly yours,
/s/ BERNADETTE NIETO
Bernadette Nieto
Staff Counsel
