SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 20549-1004





                                   FORM 8-K
                   CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OF
                     THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



          Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported) May 4, 2000
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                           GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
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            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




      STATE OF DELAWARE                 1-143                 38-0572515
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(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
 of incorporation)                                        Identification No.)




300 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan                    48265-3000
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  (Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip Code)







Registrant's telephone number, including area code       (313) 556-5000
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

     On May 4,  2000,  General  Motors  Corporation's  (GM)  subsidiary,  Hughes
Electronics  Corporation  (Hughes),  issued a press release announcing that its'
subsidiary, DIRECTV, Inc., had record April growth. The release is as follows:


                    DIRECTV Announces Record April Growth
                         With 180,000 Net New Customers

                 High-Power Service Activation Up 31 Percent
                        Through First Four Months of 2000

      EL SEGUNDO, CA, May 4, 2000 - DIRECTV,  Inc., a unit of Hughes Electronics
Corporation,   today  announced  its  high-power  DIRECTV(R)  digital  satellite
television service acquired 180,000 net new customers in April.  DIRECTV's April
additions  represent  a record for that month and a 27 percent  increase  in net
customer  acquisitions over April 1999, its previous record April. An additional
130,000 customers were  transitioned to DIRECTV from  medium-power  PRIMESTAR By
DIRECTV last month.

      DIRECTV's performance in April is particularly  significant given that its
high-power customer growth in April 1999 was up 84 percent over April 1998.

      Through the first four months of 2000,  DIRECTV has  acquired  585,000 new
high-power  customers,  a 31 percent  increase  over the same  year-ago  period.
DIRECTV  now  has  approximately  8.5  million  customers,  including  customers
subscribing to the medium-power PRIMESTAR By DIRECTV service.

      DIRECTV  continued to  accelerate  the  transition of PRIMESTAR By DIRECTV
customers to high-power service in April. The 130,000 customers  transitioned to
high-power  service in April - which are not  included  in the  180,000  net new
customers  acquired  by  DIRECTV  last  month  -  brings  the  total  number  of
conversions to 875,000. At the end of April,  PRIMESTAR By DIRECTV had more than
800,000 customers subscribing to its medium-power service.

      DIRECTV  is  the  nation's  leading  satellite  television  service  and a
trademark of DIRECTV,  Inc., a unit of Hughes  Electronics  Corporation.  Hughes
Electronics is the world's leading provider of digital television entertainment,
and  satellite  and  wireless  systems  and  services.  The  earnings  of Hughes
Electronics,  a unit of General  Motors  Corporation,  are used to calculate the
earnings  per share  attributable  to the General  Motors  Class H common  stock
(NYSE: GMH). Visit DIRECTV on the World Wide Web at www.directv.com.



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                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                            GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
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                                                    (Registrant)
Date    May 5, 2000
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                                            By
                                            s/Peter R. Bible
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                                            (Peter R. Bible,
                                             Chief Accounting Officer)














































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