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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
One Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
(21Z) 578-7840
Via Electronic Filing
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, DC 20549
Re: Metropolitan Life Separate Account E
Securities Act of 1933 Registration No. 2-90380
Investment Company Act of 1940 File No. 811-4001
Gentlemen:
Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 497(j) of the General Rules and Regulations
of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, the above registrant hereby certifies
that the form of the four Prospectuses, two Profiles and Statement of Additional
Information that would have been filed under Rule 497(b) would not differ from
that contained in the most recent Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 filed on
April 3, 1998 (the "Amendment"). The Amendment was filed electronically.
Please note that the Prospectuses are bound together with the May 1, 1998
Metropolitan Series Fund, Inc. prospectus. A profile used with the Prospectus
for Non-Qualified Annuities, Individual Retirement Annuities, Roth Individual
Retirement Annuities, Simplified Employee Pensions and SIMPLE Individual
Retirement Annuities and, a profile for the Prospectus for Tax Sheltered
Annuities, Public Employee Deferred Compensation Keogh and Qualified Annuity
Plans under Section 403(a) of the Internal Revenue Code Variable Annuity
Contracts, precede and are bound with these Prospectuses.
Very truly yours,
/s/Elizabeth Agostini
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Elizabeth Agostini
Associate Counsel
April 17, 1998
