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 28, 1999
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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.)




   100 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan                 48265-1000
3044 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan                 48202-3091
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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 28, 1999, General Motors Corporation (GM) issued the following news
release announcing the complete separation of Delphi Automotive Systems from GM.
These actions have now been completed. The news release was as follows:


         GENERAL MOTORS TO COMPLETE SEPARATION OF DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS

   DETROIT  - General  Motors  Corporation  (NYSE:  GM)  announced  that it will
complete the separation from GM of Delphi Automotive Systems  Corporation (NYSE:
DPH) today.  This  morning GM  distributed  0.69893 of a share of Delphi  common
stock as a dividend on each share of GM $1-2/3 common stock  outstanding  on May
25, 1999, which was the record date for the distribution.
   As a result of this spin-off of 452,565,000 shares of Delphi common stock and
GM's contribution of its remaining 12,435,000 shares of Delphi common stock to a
Voluntary Employee Beneficiary  Association (VEBA) trust to fund benefits for GM
retired hourly employees, GM will no longer own any shares of Delphi.
   "This transaction creates value for GM shareholders while allowing for an
even more competitive Delphi," said GM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
John F. Smith, Jr.  "We wish Delphi and its employees great success as they
begin their journey as a fully independent company."
   In August 1998, GM announced that its board of directors had determined  that
it would be in the best interest of GM and its  stockholders  to separate Delphi
from GM. As a first step in this separation,  Delphi completed an initial public
offering of  approximately  17.7 percent of its common  stock in February  1999.
GM's distribution and contribution to the VEBA trust today of the remaining 82.3
percent of Delphi common stock are the final steps in completing the separation.
   Based on  Thursday's  closing  market  price  of Delphi stock on the New York
Stock Exchange of $20-1/2,  the indicated  value of the spin-off  dividend to GM
stockholders is  approximately  $9.3 billion in the aggregate,  or approximately
$14.33 per share of GM $1-2/3 common stock. GM $1-2/3 common  stockholders  will
receive  cash  instead  of any  fractional  shares of Delphi  stock  that  would
otherwise be delivered to them in the spin-off. As previously announced,  GM has
received a private-letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect
that the  distribution of the Delphi common stock will be tax-free to GM and its
stockholders for U.S. federal income-tax purposes.
   An information  statement relating to the spin-off has been mailed to holders
of GM $1-2/3 common stock. This Information  Statement also is available on GM's
website:  http://www.gm.com.  Stockholders  who have questions  about the Delphi
spin-off may also call GM's Information Agent, Morrow & Co., at (800) 566-9058.



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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 28, 1999
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                                            By
                                            s/Peter R. Bible
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                                            (Peter R. Bible,
                                             Chief Accounting Officer)






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