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[ ZURICH KEMPER LIFE LETTERHEAD ]
VIA EDGAR
May 5, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Kemper Investors Life Insurance Company ("KILICO") and its
KILICO Variable Annuity Separate Account ("Registrant")
(File Nos. 2-72671 and 811-3199)
Rule 497(j) Certification
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Commissioners:
On behalf of the above-referenced Registrant, we hereby certify, pursuant to
Rule 497(j) of the Securities Act of 1933, that the form of prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information, dated May 1, 1997, that would have been
filed under paragraph (b) or (c) of Rule 497 would not have differed from that
contained in the most recent post-effective amendment to the registration
statement. The text of the most recent post-effective amendment was filed
electronically with the Commission on April 28, 1997.
Please call the undersigned at (847)-550-7740 if you have any questions or
comments.
Yours truly,
/S/ KURT W. BERNLOHR
Kurt W. Bernlohr
Senior Counsel
