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AMERICAN
|GENERAL
|FINANCIAL GROUP
2929 ALLEN PARKWAY, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77019 PAULETTA P. COHN
DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL
Direct Line (713) 831-1230
FAX (713) 620-3878
E-mail: [email protected]
May 4, 2000
BY EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20549
RE: THE VARIABLE ANNUITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ("VALIC")
SEPARATE ACCOUNT A ("REGISTRANT")
PRODUCT: UIT-981 AND INDEPENDENCE PLUS
FILE NOS: 2-96223 AND 811-3240
CIK NO. 0000354912
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am writing this letter as Deputy General Counsel of American
General Retirement Services and counsel to VALIC, as the depositor of the
Registrant and on behalf of the Registrant.
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 provided 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
(2) the Amendment, which is designated as Post-Effective Amendment
No. 29 under the 1933 Act and as Amendment No. 67 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, was filed electronically on
April 28, 2000.
Please direct any inquiry regarding the foregoing to the undersigned
at (713) 831-1230.
Very truly yours,
/s/ PAULETTA P. COHN
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