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AMERICAN GENERAL ANNUITY
AMERICAN GENERAL ANNUITY
January 26, 1999 INSURANCE COMPANY
2929 Allen Parkway
Houston, TX 77019
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549
RE: AGA Separate Account A -- CIK 0000932927
Request for Withdrawal of Amendment to Registration Statement on
Form N-4
File number 811-08862
Ladies and Gentleman:
Pursuant to Rule 477(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
("1933 Act"), the above referenced registrant ("Registrant") hereby requests
the withdrawal of Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-4 under the
1933 Act and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended ("1940 Act"), which
was filed and accepted by the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 13,
1999 on the EDGAR system. At the time of the filing, due to inadvertent error,
a 1933 Act tag designation did not accompany the filing. The accession number
for the filing was 0000950129-99-000126. On January 20, 1999, Registrant
refiled the Registration Statement on Form N-4 under the 1933 Act and the
1940 Act with the appropriate tag designations.
Please contact Thomas Bisset of Mayer, Brown & Platt at (202) 955-0867
with any questions or comments.
Sincerely,
/s/ PETER DAVIDSON
Peter Davidson