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One Financial Way
Cincinnati, Ohio 45242
Post Office Box 237
[LOGO] OHIO NATIONAL Cincinnati, Ohio 45201-0237
FINANCIAL SERVICES Telephone: 513-794-6100
January 4, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: File No. 333-86603 Ohio National Variable Account A
Certification Under Rule 497(j)
Gentlemen:
I, John J. Palmer, Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives of the
Depositor, The Ohio National Life Insurance Company, hereby certify that the
form of prospectus and statement of additional information that would have been
filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 would not have differed from those
contained in the post-effective amendment to the above-captioned registration
statement, which was filed electronically under the EDGAR system on December 15,
1999.
In witness whereof, I have signed this certification in the County of Hamilton
and State of Ohio this fourth day of January, 2000.
Sincerely,
/s/ JOHN J. PALMER
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John J. Palmer
Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
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