DAVID S. GOLDSTEIN
DIRECT LINE: 202.383.0606
E-mail: david.goldstein@sutherland.com

July 19, 2011

VIA EDGAR

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549

     Re: Anchor Series Trust
File Nos. 2-86188 and 811-3836
Preliminary Proxy Materials

Commissioners:

     On behalf of the Anchor Series Trust (the “Trust”), attached for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 20a-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, Rule 14a-6(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule 101(a) of Regulation S-T, is a conformed electronic format copy of additional preliminary solicitation materials requesting voting instructions from owners of variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts indirectly invested in the investment portfolios of the Trust with respect to a number of proposals pertaining to the operation of the investment portfolios of the Trust. The additional solicitation material is the Notice of Shareholders Meeting that was inadvertently left out of the first filing of preliminary solicitation materials on July 14, 2011.

     If you have any questions or comments regarding the Preliminary Proxy Materials, please do not hesitate to call David Goldstein at (202) 383-0606.

Sincerely,
 

/s/ David S. Goldstein  

David S. Goldstein 

Enclosure
cc:     Nori L. Gabert

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