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May 3, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004
ATTN: Document Control - EDGAR
Re: American Enterprise Variable Annuity Account
File No. 33-54471/811-7195
Dear Commissioners:
Registrant certifies that the form of prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information that would have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 would not
have differed from that contained in the most recent Registration Statement or
Amendment, and the text of the most recent Registration Statement or Amendment
has been filed electronically.
Sincerely,
/s/Mary Ellyn Minenko
Mary Ellyn Minenko
Group Counsel
