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Anchor National Life Insurance Company
1 SunAmerica Center
Century City
Los Angeles, CA 90067-6022
310-772-6000
Mailing Address: [LOGO] Anchor National
P.O. Box 54197 A SunAmerica Company
Los Angeles, CA 90054-0197
VIA EDGAR
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February 3, 1998
Division of Investment Management
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Variable Separate Account
(Portion Relating to the American Pathway II Variable Annuity)
Anchor National Life Insurance Company
File Nos. 2-86837 and 811-3859
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Registrant hereby certifies that the Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information that would have been filed on behalf of the Registrant pursuant to
Rule 497(c) upon the effectiveness of Post Effective Amendment No. 27 to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-4 (the "Amendment") would not
have differed from that contained in the Amendment, which is the most recent
amendment to such Registration Statement and was filed electronically on
January 29, 1998.
Should you have any further questions regarding this filing, please do
not hesitate to contact me at (310) 772-6062.
Very truly yours,
/s/ BERNADETTE NIETO
Bernadette Nieto
Staff Counsel
