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<LEGEND>
This Schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
Financial Statements of the Travelers Life and Annuity Company and is qualified
in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
<CIK> 0000929498
<NAME> THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
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