May 4, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004
ATTN: Document Control - EDGAR
Re: IDS Life Variable Life Separate Account
File No. 333-76997
Accession Number: 0000820027-99-000268
Dear Commissioner:
Regisistrant hereby requests the you disregard the S-6 filing transmitted on
April 23, 1999, Accession Number 0000820027-99-000268. This document was
inadvertantly filed on Form S-6, and should have been filed as Form S-6/A.
Because it was submitted as Form S-6, it was given a new File number
(333-76997). Please terminate the new file number.
The intended Form S-6A filing has been filed and accepted by the SEC.
Please call Simone Pepper at 612-671-2847 or Mary Ellyn Minenko at 612-671-3678
if you have questions.
Sincerely,
/s/ Mary Ellyn Minenko
Mary Ellyn Minenko
Counsel
MEM/SP/ps
