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The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company of North America
116 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 266-6008
May 5, 1998
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 5th Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company of North America Separate
Account A
(File No. 33-77878)
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Dear Sirs:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j), please be advised that the form of prospectus
dated May 1, 1998 The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company of North America
Separate Account A (the "Account"), a separate account of The Manufacturers Life
Insurance Company of North America, contains no changes from the form of
prospectus contained in post-effective amendment No. 5 under the Securities Act
of 1933 ("1933 Act") to the Account's registration statement on Form N-4 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 1998 via EDGAR.
If you have any questions, please call the undersigned at 617-854-4416.
Sincerely,
/s/ Suzan Barron
Suzan Barron
Counsel
