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151 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT 06156
ANNGHARAAD S. REID
Paralegal
AFS Law TS31
December 15, 1999 (860) 273-4474
Fax: (860) 273-3004
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Attention: Filing Desk
RE: AETNA LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY AND ITS VARIABLE ANNUITY ACCOUNT B
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 45 TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM N-4
PROSPECTUS TITLE: AETNA MARATHON PLUS - VARIABLE ANNUITY
FILE NOS. 33-34370* AND 811-2512
RULE 497(j) FILING
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "33 Act"), this is
to certify that the Prospectus Supplement contained in Post-Effective Amendment
No. 45 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 ("Amendment No. 45") for
Variable Annuity Account B of Aetna Life Insurance and Annuity Company (the
"Registrant") that would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the Act
would not have differed from that contained in Amendment No. 45 of the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-4 which was declared effective on
December 14, 2000. The text of Amendment No. 45 was filed electronically.
If you have any questions regarding this submission, please call the undersigned
at 860-273-4474.
Sincerely,
/s/ Anngharaad S. Reid
Anngharaad S. Reid
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* Pursuant to Rule 429(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, Registrant has
included a combined prospectus under this Registration Statement which
includes all the information which would currently be required in a
prospectus relating to the following earlier Registration Statement:
33-87932.
