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[Letterhead of Diane N. Ledger]
May 2, 2000
VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Pacific Select Exec Separate Account of Pacific Life Insurance Company
File No. 333-20355
Dear Sir or Madam:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, we
hereby certify on behalf of Pacific Life Insurance Company ("Pacific Life") and
the Pacific Select Exec Separate Account ("Separate Account") that the form of
the Prospectus for Pacific Select Estate Preserver II Last Survivor Flexible
Premium Variable Life Insurance Policy that would have been filed under Rule
497(c) does not differ from that contained in the Separate Account's Post-
Effective Amendment No. 5 on Form S-6 which was filed electronically with the
Commission on April 25, 2000.
Very truly yours,
/s/ DIANE N. LEDGER
Diane N. Ledger