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July 6, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Massachusetts Mutual Variable Annuity Separate Account 4
File No. 333-45039
Dear Commissioners:
On behalf of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (the "Company") and
Massachusetts Mutual Variable Annuity Separate Account 4 (the "Separate
Account"), I am filing a certification pursuant to paragraph (j) of Rule 497
under the Securities Act of 1933. In this regard, I certify that the form of
prospectus and Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") for certain
individual certificates issued under a group deferred variable annuity contract
offered by the Company through the Separate Account otherwise required to be
filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 would not have differed from the form of
prospectus and SAI contained in the registration statement for the Separate
Account on Form N-4 that was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange
Commission on July 1, 1998, and that the text of the effective registration
statement has been filed electronically.
Sincerely,
/s/ James M. Rodolakis
James M. Rodolakis
Counsel
