TYPE:  425
SEQUENCE:  1
DESCRIPTION:  FILING OF COMMUNICATION

                    Filed by General Motors Corporation (GM)
                    Subject Company - General Motors Corporation
                    Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
                    File No. 333-30826

The  following  communication  contains  forward-looking  statements  within the
meaning of the Safe  Harbor  Provisions  of the  Private  Securities  Litigation
Reform Act of 1995.  Reference  made in the  following is based on  management's
current  expectations  or beliefs  and is  subject  to a number of  factors  and
uncertainties  that could cause actual results to differ  materially  from those
described in the forward-looking statements.

The principal  risk factors that may cause actual  results to differ  materially
from  those   expressed  in   forward-looking   statements   contained  in  this
communication  are  described  in  various  documents  filed by GM with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange  Commission (SEC),  including GM's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999.

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The following is a paragraph which will be included in various GM  e-newsletters
to be issued on or after May 10, 2000.

Offer to exchange GM $1 2/3 common stock  expiring  soon:  The  opportunity  for
participants  in  GM  employee  savings  plans  to  voluntarily  exchange  their
interests  in shares of GM $1 2/3 common  stock in such plans for  interests  in
shares of Class H common stock expires at 4 p.m., EDT, on Tuesday, May 16, three
days  prior to the  expiration  date for shares  held  outside  the  plans.  The
opportunity  for GM  employees  who  hold  GM  $1-2/3  stock  directly,  through
brokerage  accounts or otherwise expires at midnight,  EDT on Friday, May 19. GM
$1-2/3  shareholders  are being  offered  1.065 shares of Class H stock for each
share of $1-2/3 stock properly  tendered in the exchange  offer.  The prospectus
relating to the exchange  offer and other  materials have been sent to homes (or
address of record).  If you have questions  relating to the exchange  materials,
call Morrow & Co., GM's  information  agent at  877.816.5329  (toll-free) in the
United  States  or  212.754.8000  (collect)  elsewhere.  If you  have  questions
regarding  how to  participate  in the offer through your GM stock savings plan,
contact the GM Investment  Service Center at 800.489.4646 or 606.491.8257.  None
of GM,  its board or any  other  person  acting as an agent of GM is making  any
recommendation  as to whether you should  participate in the exchange offer. You
must make your own investment  decision after  carefully  reading the prospectus
and the other exchange offer materials.

STOCKHOLDERS  ARE URGED TO READ THE  IMPORTANT  INFORMATION  IN GM'S  PROSPECTUS
RELATING TO THE EXCHANGE  OFFER THAT HAS BEEN MAILED TO THEIR  ADDRESS OF RECORD
AND IS ALSO ON FILE AT THE SEC AND  AVAILABLE  FREE OF  CHARGE  AT ITS  WEBSITE,
www.sec.gov, AT GM'S WEBSITE, www.gm.com, AND FROM GM STOCKHOLDER SERVICES. THIS
COMMUNICATION  DOES NOT  CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR  SOLICITATION  TO BUY IN
CONNECTION WITH THE PLANNED EXCHANGE OFFER,  WHICH WILL ONLY BE MADE BY MEANS OF
THE PROSPECTUS.


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