THE ACACIA GROUP LOGO
7315 Wisconsin Avenue Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 280-1000
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June 22, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: Acacia National Life Insurance Company
Separate Account III CIK No. 0001077651
Request for Withdrawal of Registration Statement on Forms S-6 and N-8B-2
File No. 333-71465
Dear Sirs:
Please withdraw what was captioned as Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1, filed on
Forms S-6 and N- 8B-2 via EDGAR, and accepted on January 29, 1999. The file was
assigned a number of 333-71465.
The reason we are requesting withdrawal of this filling is that it purports to
be a registration statement for Acacia National Life Insurance Company Separate
Account III ("Separate Account III"). However, no Form N-8A or Form N-8B-2 was
ever filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of Separate
Account III.
Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. ("Ameritas") performs administrative services for
Acacia National Life Insurance Company ("Acacia") following the merger of the
upstream holding companies of each, Ameritas and Acacia. With the timing of the
initial registration, Ameritas did not review the filing made January 29th. For
business reasons, Acacia has now decided to offer the survivorship policy which
was the subject of the January 29, 1999 filing through an existing Acacia
separate account, Acacia National Variable Life Insurance Company Separate
Account I ("Separate Account I"). The initial registration relating to the
survivorship policy through Separate Account I was filed with the SEC on June
18, 1999.
Accordingly we are requesting withdrawal of the January 29, 1999 filing.
The registrant requests withdrawal, pursuant to Rule 477(a) under the Securities
Act of 1933, of what was captioned as Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1.
Sincerely,
/s/Robert-John H. Sands
Robert-John H. Sands
Senior Vice President, Corporate Secretary and General Counsel
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