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DRUEN, DIETRICH, REYNOLDS & KOOGLER
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
ONE NATIONWIDE PLAZA
COLUMBUS, OHIO 43216
(614) 249-7617
FACSIMILE: (614) 249-2418
May 8, 1998
VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
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The United States Securities and
Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: Nationwide Separate Account Trust
SEC File No. 2-73024, 811-3213
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933 and on behalf of
Nationwide Separate Account Trust, we certify that the form of the Prospectuses
and the Statements of Additional Information that would have been filed under
paragraphs (b) or (c) under Rule 497 does not differ from the form of the
Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information contained in
Post-Effective Amendment No. 26 to the Trust's Registration Statement which
became effective May 1, 1998.
Please call the undersigned at (614) 677-2406 if you have any questions
regarding this filing.
Very truly yours,
DRUEN, DIETRICH, REYNOLDS & KOOGLER
/s/ Dina Tantra
Dina A. Tantra, Esq.
DAT/rjs
