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December 5, 1997
Dear LifeTrust Contract Owner:
The information below supplements MML Bay State Life Insurance Company's
LifeTrust Variable Annuity Prospectus dated May 1, 1997. Please place this
supplement with your prospectus and retain it for future reference.
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LIFETRUST
Supplement dated December 5, 1997
to the Prospectus dated May 1, 1997
The LifeTrust Variable Annuity Prospectus is amended as follows:
The following sentence is added as the second sentence under the paragraph
captioned "Electronic Data Transmission of Application Information" on page 10:
The Contract Owner must sign the Application prior to exercising any ownership
rights in the Contract.
December 5, 1997
