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Cash Accumulation Trust
100 Mulberry Street
Gateway Center Three, 4th Floor
Newark, New Jersey 07102-4077
December 6, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549
RE: Cash Accumulation Trust (the "Fund")
Registration Nos. 2-91889 and 811-4060
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to subparagraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of
1933, the Fund hereby certifies (1) that the form of Prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information that would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) would
not have differed from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the
Fund's registration statement, and (2) that the text of Post-Effective Amendment
No. 28 to the Fund's registration statement was filed electronically via the
EDGAR system on November 30, 2000.
Sincerely,
/s/ Robert C. Rosselot
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Robert C. Rosselot
Secretary
