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[MML BAY STATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LETTERHEAD APPEARS HERE]
May 1, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: MML Bay State Life Insurance Company
MML Bay State Variable Annuity Separate Account 1
File No. 33-76920
Dear Commissioners:
On behalf of MML Bay State Life Insurance Company (the "Company") and MML Bay
State Variable Annuity Separate Account 1 (the "Separate Account"), I am filing
a certification pursuant to paragraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act
of 1933. In this regard, I certify that the form of prospectus and Statement of
Additional Information ("SAI") for certain deferred variable annuity contracts
offered by the Company through the Separate Account otherwise required to be
filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 would not have differed from the form of
prospectus and SAI contained in post-effective amendment number 4 to the Form
N-4 registration statement for the Separate Account that was filed
electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about April 27,
1998.
Sincerely,
/s/ Lynn S. Mercier
Lynn S. Mercier
Attorney
