21ST CENTURY TRUST SERIES 9, 497J, 1997-04-02

21ST CENTURY TRUST SERIES 9
497J, 1997-04-02

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                              April 1, 1997
                                    
                                    
                                    



Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004
Attn:  Filing Desk, Stop 1-4
     
     
     Re:          Twenty-First Century Trust, Series 9
                  (File No. 33-65466)  (CIK No.904105)

Gentlemen:
     
     In  accordance  with the provisions of Rule 497(j) of  Regulation  C
under  the  Securities  Act of 1933 (the "Securities  Act")  this  letter
serves  to  certify  that the most recent amendment to  the  registration
statement of Form S-6 for the above captioned Trust does not differ  from
that  which  would  have  been  filed pursuant  to  Rule  497(b)  of  the
Securities  Act.   Post-Effective Amendment No.  3  to  the  registration
statement,  which  was  the  most recent amendment  to  the  registration
statement,  was  filed electronically with the Commission  on  March  27,
1997.
                                    
                                    
                                    Very truly yours,
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    Van Kampen American Capital
                                       Distributors, Inc.