8-K

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549



                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                      THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 23, 1997


                                 WORLDCOM, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


    Georgia                      0-11258                  58-1521612
   (State or Other            (Commission File           (IRS Employer
    Jurisdiction of              Number)                  Identification Number)
    Incorporation)


                             515 East Amite Street
                        Jackson, Mississippi 39201-2702
                    (Address of Principal Executive Office)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (601) 360-8600


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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

         On October 23, 1997, WorldCom, Inc. issued a press release, a copy of
which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by
reference.

ITEM 7 (c) EXHIBITS.

            The following exhibits are filed herewith in accordance with Item
601 of Regulation S-K:

            Exhibit No.           Description
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            99.1                  Press release dated October  23, 1997.
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                                 SIGNATURES

                 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.


                                      WORLDCOM, INC.



                                   By:   /s/ Scott D. Sullivan
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                                         Scott D. Sullivan
                                         Chief Financial Officer

October 23, 1997





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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
            

            Exhibit No.           Description of Exhibit
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            99.1                  Press release dated October  23, 1997.

EX-99.1

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[WORLD COM LOGO] 
                                                                  NEWS RELEASE



FOR MEDIA:                                         FOR INVESTORS:
Josh Howell, (601) 360-8750                        Gary Brandt, (601) 360-8544 
Mark Weeks, 011-44-171-570-5700                 
Joele Frank, Abernathy/MacGregor, (212) 371-5999


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


                       WORLDCOM EXECUTES CONFIDENTIALITY
                               AGREEMENT WITH MCI

        Jackson, Miss., October 23, 1997--WorldCom, Inc. (NASDAQ; WCOM) today
confirmed that on October 20, 1997 it executed a standard confidentiality
agreement with MCI Communications Corp. in order to carry out discussions about
WorldCom's previously announced merger proposal.

        WorldCom is a global telecommunications company. Operating in more than
50 countries, the company is a premier provider of facilities-based and fully
integrated local, long distance, international and Internet services.
WorldCom's subsidiary, UUNET Technologies, Inc., is an international provider
of Internet services with over 1,000 Points of Presence (POPs) throughout the
United States and in Canada, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. WorldCom's
World Wide Web address is http://www.wcom.com. The common and depository shares
of WorldCom trade on the NASDAQ National Market (US) under the symbols WCOM and
WCOMP, respectively.