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151 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT 06156-8975
September 15, 2000 Karen A. Peddle
Paralegal
Aetna Financial Services
Law Department, TS31
(860) 273-3894
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 C
Prospectus Title: Opportunity Plus - Group Variable Multiple Option
Annuity Contracts
File Nos.: 33-75962* and 811-2513
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 and Statement of Additional
Information Supplement contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-4 ("Amendment No. 24") for Variable Annuity
Account C of Aetna Life Insurance and Annuity Company (the "Registrant") that
would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the 33 Act would not have
differed from that contained in Amendment No. 24 which was declared effective on
September 14, 2000. The text of Amendment No. 24 was filed electronically with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2000.
If you have any questions regarding this submission, please call the undersigned
at 860-273-3894.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Karen A. Peddle
Karen A. Peddle
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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 securities covered by the following earlier Registration Statement:
33-75978.
