EXHIBIT(8)(E)(VI)

                             AMENDMENT NUMBER 5 TO
                            PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
                  AMONG MORGAN STANLEY UNIVERSAL FUNDS, INC.,
                VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL DISTRIBUTORS, INC.,
                     MORGAN STANLEY ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.,
                        MILLER ANDERSON & SHERRERD, LLP,
                  AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, AND
                    AMERICAN GENERAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED


     This Amendment No. 5 ("Amendment") executed as of ________________, 1999 to
the Participation Agreement (the "AGLI Agreement") dated as of January 24, 1997,
as amended, among Morgan Stanley Universal Funds, Inc. (the "Fund"), Van Kampen
Funds, Inc. ("VK Funds") (formerly Van Kampen American Capital Distributors,
Inc.), Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Investment Management Inc. ("MSDW Investment
Management") (formerly Morgan Stanley Asset Management Inc.), Miller Anderson &
Sherrerd, LLP ("MAS"), American General Life Insurance Company (the "Company"),
and American General Securities Incorporated ("AGSI").

     WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Agreement to (i) add to Schedule A
of the Agreement the Contracts of the Company relating to the Corporate America
Variable Life Insurance Policies ("Corporate America"), and (ii) solely to the
extent the Agreement relates to Corporate America, amend the provisions of
Article III of the Agreement as described below.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual
agreements and covenants herein contained, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:

1.   Schedule B to the Agreement, a revised copy of which is attached hereto, is
hereby amended and restated to add Corporate America.

2.   Solely to the extent the Agreement relates to Corporate America, Article
III of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

          "ARTICLE III. Prospectuses, Reports to Shareholders and Proxy
          Statements; Voting

         3.1.  The Fund or its designee shall provide the Company with as many
               printed copies of the Fund's current prospectus and statement of
               additional information as the Company may reasonably request.  If
               requested by the Company, in lieu of providing printed copies the
               Fund shall provide camera-ready film or computer diskettes



               containing the Fund's prospectus and statement of additional
               information, and such other assistance as is reasonably necessary
               in order for the Company once each year (or more frequently if
               the prospectus and/or statement of additional information for the
               Fund is amended during the year) to have the prospectus for the
               Contracts and the Fund's prospectus printed together in one
               document or separately.  The Company may elect to print the
               Fund's prospectus and/or its statement of additional information
               in combination with other fund companies' prospectuses and
               statements of additional information.

      3.2(a).  Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3.2., all
               expenses of preparing, setting in type and printing and
               distributing Fund prospectuses and statements of additional
               information shall be the expense of the Company.  For
               prospectuses and statements of additional information provided by
               the Company to its existing owners of Contracts who own shares of
               the Fund in order to update disclosure as required by the 1933
               Act and/or the 1940 Act, the cost of setting in type, printing
               and distributing shall be borne by the Fund.  If the Company
               chooses to receive camera-ready film or computer diskettes in
               lieu of receiving printed copies of the Fund's prospectus and/or
               statement of additional information, the Fund shall bear the cost
               of typesetting to provide the Fund's prospectus and/or statement
               of additional information to the Company in the format in which
               the Fund is accustomed to formatting prospectuses and statements
               of additional information, respectively, and the Company shall
               bear the expense of adjusting or changing the format to conform
               with any of its prospectuses and/or statements of additional
               information.  In such event, the Fund will reimburse the Company
               in an amount equal to the product of x and y where x is the
               number of such prospectuses distributed to Participants who own
               shares of the Fund, and y is the Fund's per unit cost of printing
               the Fund's prospectuses.  The same procedures shall be followed
               with respect to the Fund's statement of additional information.
               The Fund shall not pay any costs of typesetting, printing and
               distributing the Fund's prospectus and/or statement of additional
               information to prospective Participants.

      3.2(b).  The Fund, at its expense, shall provide the Company with
               copies of its proxy statements, reports to shareholders, and
               other communications (except for prospectuses and statements of
               additional information, which are covered in Section 3.2(a)
               above) to shareholders in such quantity as the Company shall
               reasonably require for distributing to Participants.  The Fund
               shall not pay any costs of distributing such proxy-related
               material, reports to


               shareholders, and other communications to prospective
               Participants.

      3.2(c).  The Company agrees to provide the Fund or its designee with
               such information as may be reasonably requested by the Fund to
               assure that the Fund's expenses do not include the cost of
               typesetting, printing or distributing any of the foregoing
               documents other than those actually distributed to existing
               Participants.

      3.2(d).  The Fund shall pay no fee or other compensation to the
               Company under this Agreement, except that if the Fund or any
               Portfolio adopts and implements a plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 to
               finance distribution expenses, then the Underwriter may make
               payments to the Company or to the underwriter for the Contracts
               if and in amounts agreed to by the Underwriter in writing.

      3.2(e).  All expenses, including expenses to be borne by the Fund
               pursuant to Section 3.2 hereof, incident to performance by the
               Fund under this Agreement shall be paid by the Fund.  The Fund
               shall see to it that all its shares are registered and authorized
               for issuance in accordance with applicable federal law and, if
               and to the extent deemed advisable by the Fund, in accordance
               with applicable state laws prior to their sale.  The Fund shall
               bear the expenses for the cost of registration and qualification
               of the Fund's shares.

      3.3      The Fund's statement of additional information shall be
               obtainable from the Fund, the Underwriter, the Company or such
               other person as the Fund may designate.

      3.4      If and to the extent required by law the Company shall distribute
               all proxy material furnished by the Fund to Contract Owners to
               whom voting privileges are required to be extended and shall:

               (i)   solicit voting instructions from Contract owners:

               (ii)  vote the Fund shares in accordance with instructions
               received from Contract owners: and

               (iii) vote Fund shares for which no instructions have been
               received in the same proportion as Fund shares of such Portfolio
               for which instructions have been received, so long as and to the
               extent that the Securities and Exchange Commission continues to
               interpret the 1940 Act to require pass-through voting privileges
               for variable contract owners.  The Company reserves the right to
               vote Fund shares held in any segregated asset account in its own
               right, to the extent permitted by law.  The Fund and the Company
               shall


               follow the procedures, and shall have the corresponding
               responsibilities, for the handling of proxy and voting
               instruction solicitations, as set forth in Schedule C attached
               hereto and incorporated herein by reference. Participating
               Insurance Companies shall be responsible for ensuring that each
               of their separate accounts participating in the Fund calculates
               voting privileges in a manner consistent with the standards set
               forth on Schedule C, which standards will also be provided to the
               other Participating Insurance Companies.

         3.5.  The Fund will comply with all provisions of the 1940 Act
               requiring voting by shareholders, and in particular the Fund will
               either provide for annual meetings (except insofar as the
               Securities and Exchange Commission may interpret Section 16 not
               to require such meetings) or comply with Section 16(c) of the
               1940 Act (although the Fund is not one of the trusts described in
               Section 16(c) of that Act) as well as with Sections 16(a) and, if
               and when applicable, 16(b).  Further, the Fund will act in
               accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission's
               interpretation of the requirements of Section 16(a) with respect
               to periodic elections of directors and with whatever rules the
               Commission may promulgate with respect thereto."

         4.    Except as amended hereby the Agreement is hereby ratified and
               confirmed in all respects.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto execute this Amendment  No. 4 as of the
date first written above.


                                         
AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY     AMERICAN GENERAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED
on behalf of itself and each of its
 Accounts named in Schedule B to the
 Agreement, as amended from time to time


By:________________________________           By:________________________________


                                              VAN KAMPEN FUNDS INC.
MORGAN STANLEY UNIVERSAL                      (FORMERLY VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL
      FUNDS, INC.                             DISTRIBUTORS, INC.)



By:________________________________           By:________________________________


MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER INVESTMENT         MILLER ANDERSON & SHERRERD, LLP
 MANAGEMENT INC. (FORMERLY MORGAN STANLEY
 ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.)


By:________________________________           By:________________________________



                                   SCHEDULE B

                        SEPARATE ACCOUNTS AND CONTRACTS

Name of Separate Account and              Form Numbers and Names of
Date Established by Board of Directors    Contracts Funded by Separate Account
- --------------------------------------    ------------------------------------

American General Life Insurance Company   Contract Form Numbers:
Separate Account D                        ---------------------
Established: November 19, 1973            95020 Rev 896
                                          95021 Rev 896
                                          Name of Contract:
                                          Generations Combination Fixed
                                          and Variable Annuity Contract

                                          Contract Form Numbers:
                                          ---------------------
                                          91010
                                          91011
                                          93020
                                          93021
                                          Name of Contract:
                                          ----------------
                                          Variety Plus Combination Fixed
                                          and Variable Annuity Contract

                                          Contract Form Numbers:
                                          ---------------------
                                          74010
                                          74011
                                          76010
                                          76011
                                          80010
                                          80011
                                          81010
                                          81011
                                          83010
                                          83011

                                          Name of Contract:    None
                                          ----------------
                                          Contract Form Number: 98020
                                          --------------------
                                          Name of Contract:
                                          ----------------
                                          Platinum Investor Variable Annuity




American General Life Insurance Company   Contract Form Numbers:
Separate Account VL-R                     ---------------------
Established:  May 6, 1997                 97600
                                          97610

                                          Name of Contract:
                                          ----------------
                                          Platinum I and Platinum II Flexible
                                          Premium
                                          Variable Life Insurance Policies

                                          Contract Form Numbers:
                                          ---------------------
                                          98615
 .                                         Name of Contract:
                                          ----------------
                                          Legacy Plus Flexible Premium
                                          Variable Life Insurance Policies

                                          Contract Form Number:
                                          --------------------
                                          99301
                                          Name of Contract:
                                          ----------------
                                          Corporate America - Variable Life
                                          Insurance Policy