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[letterhead of General American]
VIA EDGAR
CHRISTOPHER A. MARTIN
COUNSEL
PHONE: (314) 444-0499
Fax: (314) 444-0510
May 14, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: General American Life Insurance Company
Separate Account Twenty-Nine
File Nos. 33-54774 and 811-7166
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), General American Life Insurance Company Separate Account
Twenty-Nine (the "Registrant") hereby certifies that: (i) the form of
Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed
under Rule 497(c) of the Securities Act would not have differed from that
contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement, and (ii) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 was filed
electronically via EDGAR.
If you have any questions regarding this filing, please call me at (314)
444-0499.
Sincerely,
/s/ Christopher A. Martin
Christopher A. Martin
CAM:vq
Enclosures
cc: Stephen E. Roth, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, L.L.P.