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[OHIO NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES LETTERHEAD]
January 3, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549
Re: File No. 2-98265 Ohio National Variable Account R
Certification Under Rule 497(j)
Gentlemen:
I, Donald J. Zimmerman, Senior Vice President and Secretary of the Depositor,
Ohio National Life Assurance Corporation, hereby certify that the form of
prospectus that would have been filed under paragraph (b) of Rule 497 would not
have differed from those contained in the most-recent post-effective amendment
to the above-captioned registration statement, which was filed electronically
under the EDGAR system on December 20, 1996.
In witness whereof, I have signed this certification in the County of Hamilton
and State of Ohio this third day of January, 1997.
Sincerely,
s/Donald J. Zimmerman
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Donald J. Zimmerman
Senior Vice President and Secretary
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