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Western-Southern Life Assurance Company Separate Account 1
400 Broadway
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
May 14, 1998
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
Rule 497(j) Certification for Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to
Registration Statement on Form N-4 for Touchstone Select Variable
Annuity Contracts
File No. 333-29705 and 811-8420
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, 1998 for the Touchstone Select 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.
2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement (the "Amendment"). The Amendment is
the most recent amendment to such Registration Statement and was filed
electronically on May 1, 1998.
Please address any questions or comments to Karen M. McLaughlin at
(513) 651-6199.
Very truly yours,
WESTERN-SOUTHERN LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY SEPARATE ACCOUNT 1
by
WESTERN-SOUTHERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY
By: /s/ EDWARD S. HEENAN
Vice President and Comptroller