[AETNA LETTERHEAD]
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151 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT 06156
Anngharaad S. Reid
Prospectus Consultant
ARS Law TS31
May 3, 2000 (860) 273-4474
Fax: (860) 273-3004
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Attention: Filing Desk
Re: Aetna Life Insurance and Annuity Company and its
Variable Life Account B
Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement on Form S-6
Prospectus Title: Flexible Premium Group Variable Universal Life
Insurance for New York United Teachers Benefit Trust ("NYSUT Trust")
SEC File Nos. 333-15817 and 811-4536
Rule 497(j) Filing
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "33 Act"), this is
to certify that the Prospectus contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to
the Registration Statement on Form S-6 ("Amendment No. 5") for Variable Life
Account B of Aetna Life Insurance and Annuity Company (the "Registrant") that
would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the 33 Act would not have
differed from that contained in Amendment No. 5 which was declared effective on
May 1, 2000. The text of Amendment No. 5 was filed electronically.
If you have any questions regarding this submission, please call the undersigned
at 860-273-4474.
Sincerely,
/s/ Anngharaad Reid
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Anngharaad Reid