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NEW ENGLAND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
501 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3700
May 6, 1998
VIA EDGAR
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Office of Insurance Products
Division of Investment Management
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
Re: The New England Variable Account
File No. 333-11131 - (Zenith Accumulator)
Rule 497(j) Certification
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Commissioners:
On behalf of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (the "Company") and The
New England Variable Account (the "Account"), I hereby certify, pursuant to
paragraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933, that the form of
prospectus and prospectus supplement being used for certain variable annuity
contracts offered by the Company through the Account and otherwise required to
be filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 does not differ from the prospectus and
prospectus supplement contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 for the
Account filed electronically with the Commission on May 1, 1998.
If you have any questions, please contact me at (617) 578-3514.
Sincerely,
Michele H. Abate
