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FORM N-SAR
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
FOR REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Registrant Name Variable Account A - American International Life
Assurance Company of New York
File Number 811-4865
Registrant CIK Number: 0000803401
Report as of the end of semiannual period: / / (a)
or fiscal year: 12/31/97 (b)
Is this a transition report? (Y or N): N
Is this form being completed by the registrant? (Y or N): N
Is this an amendment to a previous filing? (Y or N): N
Is this a change to a previous filing? (Y or N): N
1.A) Registrant Name: Variable Account A - American International Life
Assurance Company of New York
B) File Number: 811-4865
C) Telephone Number: (212) 770-7000
2.A) Street: 80 Pine Street
B) City: New York C) State: NY D) Zip Code: 10005 Zip Ext.:
E) Foreign Country: Foreign Postal Code:
3. Is this the first filing on this form by the Registrant?(Y or N) --N--
4. Is this the last filing on this form by the Registrant?(Y or N) ---N--
5. Is Registrant a small business investment company (SBIC)?(Y or N) -N-
6. Is Registrant a unit investment trust (UIT)?(Y or N) --------Y---------
UNIT INVESTMENT TRUSTS
For period ending: 12/31/97
File Number: 811-4865
127. Life opposite the appropriate description below the number of series whose
portfolios are invested primarily (based upon a percentage of NAV) in each
type of security shown, the aggregate total assets at market value as of a
date at or neat the end of the current period of each such group of series
and the total income distributions made by each such group of series during
the current period (excluding distributions of realized gains, if any):
Number of Total Assest Total Income
Series ($000's omitted) Distributions
Investing) ($000's omitted)
A. U.S. Treasury
direct issue __________ __________ __________
B. U.S. Government
agency ___________ __________ __________
C. State and municipal
tax-free ___________ __________ __________
D. Public utility debt ___________ __________ __________
E. Brokers or dealers
debt or debt of
brokers' or dealers'
parent ___________ __________ __________
F. All other corporate
intermed. & long-term
debt ___________ __________ __________
G. All other corporate
short-term debt ___________ __________ __________
H. Equity securities of
brokers or dealers
or parents of
brokers or dealers ___________ __________ __________
I. Investment company
equity securities ____________ __________ __________
J. All other equity
securities 7 $ 239,196 $ 7,437
K. Other securities ___________ __________ __________
L. Total assets of all
series of
registrant 7 $ 239,196 $ 7,437
131. Total expenses incurred by all series of Registrant during the current
reporting period ($000's omitted) $ 2,718
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February 27, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DE 20549
Re: N-SAR 1997
American International Life Assurance Company of New York
Variable Account A
Dear Sirs:
This report is signed on behalf of the registrant in the City of Wilmington, and
State of Delaware on the 27th day February 1998.
Witness: /s/ /s/
Edward F. Bacon Howard Gunton
Director Senior Vice-President
Chief Financial Officer
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