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The Prudential Insurance Company of America Thomas C. Castano
Assistant General Counsel
Law Department
The Prudential Insurance
Company of America
213 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102-2992
(973) 802-4708
fax: (973) 802-9560
May 4, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Pruco Life Variable Appreciable Account
(Registration No. 333-07451)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to subparagraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933,
the Registrant hereby certifies: (i) that its Prospectus that would have been
filed pursuant to Rule 497(b) would not have differed from the Prospectus
contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 and (ii) that the text of Post-
Effective Amendment No. 3 was filed electronically on April 29, 1998. (Accession
No. 0000950130-98-000217)
By: /s/
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Thomas C. Castano
Assistant Secretary
Pruco Life Insurance Company
