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[Letterhead of PaineWebber Life Insurance Company]
September 3, 1997
VIA EDGAR
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 semi-annual report for its 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 August 28, 1997, PaineWebber
Series Trust filed its semi-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
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Richard J. Tucker
cc: Kimberly J. Smith
