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New England Life Insurance Company
501 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116-3700
May 3, 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, D.C. 20549
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 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
supplement 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
