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[LETTERHEAD OF PFL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY APPEARS HERE]
September 10, 1998
VIA EDGAR
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Fidelity Variable Annuity Account
File No. 811-2954, CIK 0000726352
Rule 30b2-1 Filing
Commissioners:
As required by Rule 30d-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
(the "Act"), Fidelity Variable Annuity Account, a unit investment trust
registered under the Act, recently mailed to its contract owners the semi-annual
report for the following underlying management investment companies: Variable
Insurance Products Fund, Variable Insurance Products Fund II and Variable
Insurance Products Fund III. This filing constitutes the filing of those
reports as required by Rule 30b2-1 under the Act.
Pursuant to Rule 30d-1 under the Act, on August 20, 1998, Variable Insurance
Products Fund, Variable Insurance Products Fund II, and Variable Insurance
Products Fund III filed its combined semi-annual report with the Commission via
EDGAR (CIK: 917951). To the extent necessary, these filings are incorporated
herein by reference.
Very truly yours,
PFL Life Insurance Company
/s/ Frank A. Camp
Frank A. Camp
Division General Counsel
Financial Markets Division
