March 5, 1998
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
Life Separate Account VA-5 ("separate account"), incorporated by reference are
the 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
VIF - 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.
These annual reports are for the period ending December 31, 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.
Very truly yours,
Susan Vivino
Paralegal
cc: F. Bellamy, Esq.
R. Fink, Esq.
Attachment
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Federated American Leaders Fund II INVESCO-VIF
Entity: Federated Fund for US Gov't. Securities II High-Yield/Industrial Income/Total Return
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File #: 811-8042 811-08038
Date of Filing: 02/20/98 02/25/98
CIK #: 912577 912744
Accession #: 0000912577-98-000002 0000912744-98-000007
Janus Aspen Growth Portfolio Lexington Emerging Markets Fund
Entity: Janus Aspen Series Lexington Emerging Markets Fund
File #: 811-07736 811-8250
Date of Filing: 02/27/98 02/27/98
CIK #: 906185 916764
Accession #: 0001012709-98-000065 0000201196-98-000036
SteinRoe Capital Appreciation Fund Schwab Money Market Portfolio
Entity: SteinRoe Variable Investment Trust Schwab Money Market Portfolio
File #: 811-05199 811-08314
Date of Filing: 02/27/98 02/27/98
CIK #: 815425 918266
Accession #: 0000891804-98-000300 0000927356-98-000244
Strong Discovery Fund II American Century VP
Capital Appreciation
Entity: Strong Variable Investment Funds
File #: 811-6553 811-5188
Date of Filing: 02/27/98 02/19/98
CIK #: 883644 814680
Accession #: 0000883644-98-000007 0000814680-98-000004
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