September 5, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company and Transamerica Occidental
Life Separate Account VA-5 (File No. 33-71746)
Dear Commissioner:
On behalf of Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company and Transamerica
Occidental Life Separate Account VA-5 ("separate account"), incorporated by
reference are the semi-annual reports for the underlying funds of the separate
account for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to Rule
30b2-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("Act"). The funds are as
follows: American Century VP Capital Appreciation, Federated American Leaders
Fund II, Federated Fund for U.S. Government Securities II, INVESCO VIF - High
Yield Fund, INVESCO - Industrial Income Fund, INVESCO VIF Total Return Fund,
Janus Aspen Growth Portfolio, Lexington Emerging Markets Fund, Schwab Money
Market Portfolio, SteinRoe Capital Appreciation Fund and Strong Discovery Fund
II.
These semi-annual reports are for the period ending June 30, 1997, and have been
transmitted to contract holders in accordance with Rule 30d-2 under the Act.
If you have any questions regarding this filing, please contact the undersigned
at (213) 742- 3126 or at the address above.
Very truly yours,
Susan Vivino
Paralegal
cc: F. Bellamy, Esq.
R. Fink, Esq.
Attachment
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Federated American Leaders Fund II
Federated Fund for U.S. Gov't. Sec's II Invesco Variable Investment Funds
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Entity: Federated Insurance Series Invesco Variable Investment Funds
File #: 811-8042 811-08038
Date of Filing: August 21, 1997 August 27, 1997
CIK#: 912577 912744
Accession #: 912577-97-000013 912744-97-000023
Janus Aspen Series Lexington Emerging Markets Fund
Entity: Janus Aspen Series Lexington Emerging Markets Fund
File #: 811-07736 811-8250
Date of Filing: August 22, 1997 August 25, 1997
CIK #: 906185 916764
Accession #: 0001012709-97-000120 0000302296-97-000035
SteinRoe Variable Investment Trust Schwab Money Market Portfolio
Entity: SteinRoe Var. Inv. Trust Schwab Money Market Portfolio
File #: 811-5199 811-08314
Date of Filing: August 28, 1997 September 3, 1997
CIK #: 815425 918266
Accession #: 0000891804-97-000296 0000927356-97-001053
Strong Variable Investment Funds American Century VP Cap. App.
Entity: Strong Var. Inv. Funds American Century VP Cap. App.
File #: 811-6553 811-5188
Date of Filing: September 3, 1997 08/14/97
CIK #: 883644 814680
Accession #: 0000883644-97-000041 0000-814680-97-000009
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