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New England Life Insurance Company
501 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02117
May 4, 2000
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, DC
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
Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") 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
Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") in Post-Effective Amendment No. 5
for the Account filed electronically with the Commission on April 27, 2000.
If you have any questions, please contact me at (617) 578-3514.
Sincerely,
Michele H. Abate
