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[Letterhead of PaineWebber Life Insurance Company]
March 10, 1997
VIA EDGAR
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: PaineWebber Life Variable Annuity Account
File No. 811-7536, CIK 898067
Rule 30b2-1 Filing
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Commissioners:
As required by Rule 30d-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the "Act"), PaineWebber Life Variable Annuity Account, a unit
investment trust registered under the Act recently mailed to its contract owners
the annual report for the underlying management investment company, PaineWebber
Series Trust. This filing constitutes the filing of that report as required by
Rule 30b2-1 under the Act.
Pursuant to Rule 30d-1 under the Act, on February 28, 1997, PaineWebber
Series Trust filed its annual report with the Commission via EDGAR (CIK:806591).
To the extent necessary, that filing is incorporated herein by reference.
Sincerely,
/s/ Richard J. Tucker
Richard J. Tucker
cc: Kimberly J. Smith
