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ALLISON MACINNIS
Legal Specialist
May 5, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N. W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Filing Room
Re: Hartford Life Insurance Company
Putnam Capital Manager Trust Separate Account - PCM Variable Annuity
(the "Registrant")
File No. 33-17207
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, we hereby certify
that:
1. The form of prospectus that would have been filed, on behalf of
the Registrant, under paragraph (c) under this section did not differ from
that contained in the Registrant's most recent post-effective amendment; and
2. The text of the Registrant's most recent post-effective amendment
has been filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
April 14, 1998.
If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact me at
(860) 843-8697.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ Allison S. MacInnis
Allison S. MacInnis