April 24, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004
ATTN: Ms. Zandra Bailes
Document Control - EDGAR
Re: Withdrawal of*
IDS Life Variable Annuity Fund B
CIK - 000049707
485BPOS filing
Accession Number 0000820027-98-000273
Dear Ms. Bailes
Registrant hereby requests that you disregard the above 485BPOS filing accepted
on April 16, 1998.
The mentioned filing inadvertently referenced exhibit 17c as exhibit 17b on both
the signature page and on the exhibit index. The corrected version was filed and
accepted on April 17, 1998, accession number 0000820027-98-000275.
I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.
Sincerely,
Mary Ellyn Minenko
Counsel
*Amendment to withdrawal filing sent April 16, 1998, accession number
0000820027-98-000274.