UNITED STATES
            SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                 Washington, D.C. 20549

                        Form 13F

                   Form 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: June 30, 2000

Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number: ____
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
                                  [ ] adds new holdings
                                      entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name:    The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
Address: 333 South Hope Street, 55th Floor
         Los Angeles, California  90071-1447

Form 13F File Number: 28-218

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the
person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person
signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all
information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and
that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of
this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name:  Larry P. Clemmensen
Title: President
Phone: 213/486-9424

Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

Larry P. Clemmensen*  Los Angeles, California      8/14/00
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[Signature]           [City, State]                [Date]


Report Type (Check only one.):

[X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this
    reporting manager are reported in this report.)

[ ] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this
    report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting
    manager(s).)

[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the
     holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this
     report and a portion are reported by other reporting
     manager(s).)

List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
[If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.]

     Form 13F File Number       Name

    [Repeat as necessary.]

The following investment management subsidiaries of The Capital
Group Companies, Inc. ("CGC") have reported securities over
which CGC is deemed to exercise investment discretion:

Capital Guardian Trust Company
Capital Research and Management Company
Capital International Inc.
Capital International, S.A.
Capital International Limited


                       Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE

     Report Summary:


     Number of Other Included Managers:        0

     Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:   n/a

     Form 13F Information Table Value Total:   n/a
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                                                (thousands)


     List of Other Included Managers:


     Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file
     number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect
     to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this
     report.

     [If there are no entries in this list, state "NONE" and omit the
     column headings and list entries.]

     None