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[MASSMUTUAL LETTERHEAD APPEARS HERE]
May 4, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: C.M. Life Insurance Company
C.M. Variable Life Separate Account I
(Variable Universal Life Segment)
File No. 333-49457
Dear Commissioners:
On behalf of C.M. Life Insurance Company (the "Company") and C.M. Life Variable
Life Separate Account I - Variable Universal Life (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
for certain flexible premium variable life insurance policies offered by the
Company through the Separate Account otherwise required to be filed under
paragraph (b) of Rule 497 would not have differed from the form of prospectus
contained in post-effective amendment number 1 to the Form S-6 registration
statement for the Separate Account that was filed electronically with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on or about April 28, 1999.
Sincerely,
/s/ Richard M. Howe, Esq.
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Richard M. Howe
2nd Vice President & Associate
General Counsel
RMH/ss
