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One Financial Way
Cincinnati, Ohio 45242
Post Office Box 237
[LOGO] OHIO NATIONAL Cincinnati, Ohio 45201-0237
FINANCIAL SERVICES Telephone: 513-794-6100
May 1, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549
Re: File No. 333-16133, Ohio National Variable Account R
Certification Under Rule 497(j)
Gentlemen:
I, John J. Palmer, Senior Vice President,Strategic Initiatives 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 April 27, 1998.
In witness whereof, I have signed this certification in the County of Hamilton
and State of Ohio this first day of May, 1998.
Sincerely,
/s/JOHN J. PALMER
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John J. Palmer
Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
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