DOLORES MOORE
Assistant Vice President
[EQUITABLE AXA LOGO] (212) 314-4058
Fax: (212) 707-1775
July 1, 1999
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
Form N-4 Registration Statement
File No. 333-64751
Accession No. 0000771726-99-000094
CIK No. 0000929634
Commissioners:
On June 7, 1999, The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
and its Separate Account No. 45 filed Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the
above referenced Form N-4 Registration Statement, using submission type N-4/A.
The filing should have been made as Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 with 485APOS
as the submission type. Kindly correct the submission type from N-4/A to
485APOS.
Thank you for your assistance.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Dolores Moore
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Dolores Moore
cc: Peter E. Panarites, Esq.
THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
1290 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10104
