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[MASSMUTUAL LETTERHEAD APPEARS HERE]
May 5, 2000
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
(Survivorship Variable Universal Life Segment)
File No. 333-41667
Dear Commissioners:
On behalf of C.M. Life Insurance Company (the "Company") and C.M. Life Variable
Life Separate Account I - Survivorship 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 7 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 26, 2000.
Sincerely,
/s/ Richard M. Howe, Esq.
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Richard M. Howe
2nd Vice President & Associate
General Counsel
RMH/ss
