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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 24F-2
ANNUAL NOTICE OF SECURITIES SOLD
PURSUANT TO RULE 24F-2
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1. Name and address of issuer:
Western-Southern Life Assurance Company Separate Account 1
400 Broadway
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
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2. The name of each series or class of securities for which this Form is
filed (If the Form is being filed for all series and classes of
securities of the issuer, check the box but do not list series or
classes): [X]
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3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-8420
Securities Act File Number: 33-76582 (total filing fee is being paid in
connection with this 1933 Act
Number)
333-29705 (no securities sold under this
1933 Act Number during 1997)
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4(a). Last day of fiscal year for which this Form is filed: 12-31-97
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4(b). [ ] Check box if this Form is being filed late (i.e., more than
90 calendar days after the end of the issuer's fiscal year). (See
Instruction A.2)
Note: If the Form is being filed late, interest must be paid on the registration
fee due.
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4(c). [ ] Check box if this is the last time the issuer will be filing this
Form.
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5. Calculation of registration fee:
(i) Aggregate sale price of securities sold during
the fiscal year pursuant to section 24(f): $86,305,261
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(ii) Aggregate price of securities redeemed or
repurchased during the fiscal year: $2,638,983
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(iii) Aggregate price of securities redeemed or
repurchased during any prior fiscal year
ending no earlier than October 11, 1995
that were not previously used to reduce
registration fees payable to the Commission: $ 0
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(iv) Total available redemption credits (add
Items 5(ii) and 5(iii): $ 2,638,983
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(v) Net sales -- if Item 5(i) is greater than
Item 5(iv) [subtract Item 5(iv) from Item 5(i)]: $83,666,278
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(vi) Redemption credits available for use in future $ 0
years - if Item 5(i) is less than Item 5(iv) -------
(subtract Item 5(iv) from Item 5(i))
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(vii) Multiplier for determining registration fee
(See instruction C.9): x.000295
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(viii) Registration fee due [multiply item 5(v) by
item 5(vii)] "0" if no fee is due): =$24,681.55
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6. Prepaid Shares
If the response to item 5(i) was determined by deducting an amount of
securities that were registered under the Securities Act of 1933
pursuant to rule 24e-2 as in effect before October 11, 1997, then report
the amount of securities (number of shares or other units) deducted
here: _______. If there is a number of shares or other units that were
registered pursuant to rule 24e-2 remaining unsold at end of the fiscal
year for which this form is filed that are available for use by the
issuer in future fiscal years, then state that number here: _______.
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7. Interest due -- if this Form is being filed more than
90 days after the end of the issuer's fiscal year (see
Instruction D): +$
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8. Total of the amount of the registration fee due plus any
interest due (Item 5(vii) plus Item 7): =$24,681.55
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9. Date the registration fee and any interest payment was sent to the
Commission's lockbox depository: 3-30-98
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Method of Delivery:
[X] Wire Transfer
[ ] Mail or other means
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SIGNATURES
This report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By (Signature and Title)* /s/ DONALD J. WUEBBLING
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Donald J. Wuebbling
Vice President and General Counsel
Date 3-30-98
*Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the signature.
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