April 21, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549-1104
RE: Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 to Form S-1
IDS Life Insurance Company
IDS Life Account RE
File No. 33-13375
Dear Commissioners:
This letter supplements Registrant's letter dated April 16, 1998. The prospectus
has been marked to show all changes made since Post-Effective Amendment No. 16
filed on or about April 8, 1997. All marked changes on this filing are
non-material. This Amendment does not contain disclosures that would render it
ineligible to become effective. Accordingly, Registrant and Principal
Underwriter respectfully request that the effective date of the Amendment be
accelerated and declared effective on May 1, 1998.
If you have any further questions or comments regarding this filing, please call
Mary Ellyn Minenko at (612) 671-3678 or Nancy Lewis at (612) 671-7155.
Very truly yours,
IDS Life Insurance Company
on behalf of IDS Life Account RE
(Registrant)
IDS Life Insurance Company
(Principal Underwriter)
By:_____________________________________
William A. Stoltzmann
Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
cc: Zandra Bailes (via facsimile - (202) 942-9659)
