AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY
P.O. Box 4382 - Houston, Texas 77210 A Subsidiary of
713-522-1111 American General Corporation
Law Department
May 2, 1996
BY EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20549
Re: American General Life Insurance Company
Separate Account A ("Registrant")
File Nos: 33-44745 and 811-1491
CIK No. 0000016190
Commissioners:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933 ("1933 Act"),
Registrant has elected to file the certification set out below in lieu of
electronically filing definitive copies of the prospectus and statement of
additional information contained in its most recent amendment to its Form N-4
Registration Statement ("Amendment"), as required by Rule 497(c) under the
1933 Act and as informed by Rule 309(b) of Regulation S-T.
Registrant hereby certifies that:
(1) the form of prospectus and statement of additional information that
would have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 under the 1933
Act following the filing of the Amendment would not have been
different from that contained in the Amendment, and
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(2) the Amendment, which is designated as Post-Effective Amendment No. 5
under the 1933 Act and as Amendment No. 21 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, was filed electronically on April 30, 1996.
Please direct any inquiry regarding the foregoing to the undersigned or
to Gary O. Cohen at (202-457-5107).
Very truly yours,
American General Life Insurance Company,
on behalf of its Separate Account A
By: /s/Steven A. Glover
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Steven A. Glover
Associate General Counsel
