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[LOGO] John Hancock(R)
Financial Services
John Hancock Financial Services, Inc.
John Hancock Place
Post Office Box 111
Boston, Massachusetts 02117
(617) 572-9197
Fax: (617) 572-9161
E-mail: jchoodlet@jhancock.com
James C. Hoodlet
Vice President & Counsel
June 27, 2005
Via EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.) Account A ("Registrant")
Protection Variable Universal Life ("PVUL")
File Nos. 811-4834; 333-124150
Commissioners:
Pre-Effective amendment No. 1 to the registration statement under File
No. 333-124150 was filed with the Commission on June 27, 2005 (SEC Accession No.
0001193125-05-132079) to amend the prospectus.
Request for Acceleration
We hereby request an order to accelerate the effectiveness of the
above-referenced amendment to June 30, 2005. The Registrant has authorized us to
hereby state to the Commission on its behalf that it is aware of its obligations
under the Securities Act of 1933.
The Commission staff has requested that the Registrant acknowledge and
agree, and the Registrant does hereby acknowledge and agree, that:
. should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated
authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the
Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
. the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to
delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not
relieve the Registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy
and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and
. the Registrant may not assert this action as a defense in any
proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal
securities laws of the United States.
Please direct all questions and comments to me at (617) 572-9197.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
/s/ James C. Hoodlet
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James C. Hoodlet
cc: Harry Eisenstein