ROBIN WAGNER
                                                                  Vice President
                                                                     and Counsel
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VIA EDGAR


                                                                 August 20, 2002


Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

     Re:  The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
          Separate Account 66
          File No. 333-86470
          CIK 0000727920


                           CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                               RULE 497(j) OF THE
                             SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Pursuant to paragraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, Registrant hereby certifies that:

    (1) The form of supplement to prospectus that would have been filed under
paragraph (c) of Rule 497 would not have differed from that contained in the
most recent amendment to the Registration Statement filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, and

    (2) The text of the most recent amendment has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission electronically.


                                        Very truly yours,


                                        /s/Robin Wagner
                                        ------------------------
                                           Robin Wagner


                      THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
             1290 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10104