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[ZURICH KEMPER LIFE LETTERHEAD]
VIA EDGAR
May 5, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Kemper Investors Life Insurance Company ("KILICO") and its
KILICO Variable Separate Account ("Registrant")
(File No. 33-11803)
Rule 497(j) Certification
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Commissioners:
On behalf of the above-referenced Registrant, we hereby certify, pursuant to
Rule 497(j) of the Securities Act of 1933, that the form of prospectus, dated
May 1, 1997, that would have been filed under paragraph (b) or (c) of Rule 497
would not have differed from that contained in the most recent post-effective
amendment to the registration statement. The text of the most recent
post-effective amendment was filed electronically with the Commission on April
28, 1997.
Please call the undersigned at (847)-550-7740 if you have any questions or
comments.
Yours truly,
/S/ KURT W. BERNLOHR
Kurt W. Bernlohr
Senior Counsel
