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Western-Southern Life Assurance Company Separate Account 1
400 Broadway
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
May 7, 1997
Division of Investment Management
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Western-Southern Life Assurance Company
Separate Account 1
Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to
Registration Statement on Form N-4
File No. 33-76582
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
Western-Southern Life Assurance Company Separate Account 1 (the "Registrant)
hereby certifies that the form of the Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information dated May 1, 1997 for flexible purchase payment deferred variable
annuity contracts that would have been filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule
497(c) would not have differed from that contained in the Post-Effective
Amendment No. 4 to the Registrant's Registration Statement (the "Amendment").
The Amendment is the most recent amendment to such Registration Statement and
was filed electronically on April 30, 1997.
Please address any questions or comments to J. Leland Brewster II or Karen
M. McLaughlin at (513) 651-6800.
Very truly yours,
WESTERN-SOUTHERN LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY SEPARATE ACCOUNT 1
by
WESTERN-SOUTHERN LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY
By: /s/ Edward S. Heenan
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Edward S. Heenan,
Vice President and Controller
