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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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                                February 9, 2001
                                        -
                DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)

                         Hughes Electronics Corporation

             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



       Delaware                      0-26035                    52-1106564

    (State or other          (Commission File Number)        (I.R.S. Employer
    jurisdiction of                                           Identification
   incorporation or                                               Number)
     organization)
                          200 North Sepulveda Boulevard
                          El Segundo, California 90245

                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                 (310) 662-9688

              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



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Item 9.       Regulation FD Disclosure.

Introduction

      On October  23,  2000,  new  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  rules,
collectively  referred to as "Regulation FD," became  effective.  General Motors
and Hughes believe that Regulation FD requires us, among other things, and under
certain circumstances, to have procedures reasonably designed to assure that, if
some  GM  stockholders  learn  information  about  us and  our  company  that is
material,  other GM stockholders  will learn that information at or close to the
same  time.  GM and  Hughes  each  file  this  procedural  8-K to  alert  all GM
stockholders to the disclosure  practices we will try to follow, with respect to
Hughes and the GMH stock.

Our website

      Hughes maintains a corporate  website at  www.hughes.com,  on which Hughes
posts  significant  corporate  information  from time to time.  In addition,  GM
maintains a website at  www.gm.com,  on which it posts  significant  information
about Hughes from time to time,  either in full text or by a clearly  identified
hyperlink to the Hughes website. Unless the context otherwise indicates, when we
refer to "our  website," we refer to both the Hughes website and the GM website,
including,  but not  limited to,  those  portions  that relate to Hughes.  While
significant  information  concerning  Hughes  and  the  GMH  stock  will be made
available to the public by various means, including by filing Current Reports on
Form 8-K, in addition to posting information on our website, we encourage you to
review our website to access all such information.

      We will  maintain  several  discrete  information  sections  on the Hughes
website.  One of these on the investor relations page of the Hughes website will
be headed "Financial Guidance /Recent Presentations."

      Posting  information  on  the  "Financial  Guidance/Recent  Presentations"
section of the Hughes  website is not  intended  to, and does not,  constitute a
determination by us that the information is in fact material. Materiality can be
a complex concept, and some information may be posted on the Hughes website that
may not be "material," out of an abundance of caution to ensure  compliance with
applicable  law.  The fact that  information  is posted on this  section  of the
Hughes website does not indicate a  determination  by us that  dissemination  of
that information is legally required.

      From time to time, and during "quiet  periods," which are discussed below,
certain  information   originally  posted  to  the  "Financial   Guidance/Recent
Presentations"  section of the Hughes  website will be moved to another  section
that  will be  headed  "Archived  Guidance."  Information  will be  moved to the
"Archived  Guidance"  section  for  historical   reference  purposes  only,  and
thereafter  will not be  maintained  or  updated  for  accuracy.  Hughes  and GM
expressly disclaim any obligation to update archived information, and readers of
the archived  information should not assume the information is current. In order
to access the "Archived  Guidance" section, a viewer will be required to "click"
through an  acknowledgement  that archived  information may no longer be current
and accurate.

Forecasts

      Hughes may post  forecasts  (in the form of ranges of projected  financial
and  operating  results  with  respect  to  specific  items  or in the  form  of
directional  commentary),  as  well  as  other  forward  looking  data,  in  the
"Financial  Guidance/Recent  Presentations"  section of the Hughes website. When
posted, the forecasts will represent Hughes'  management's  current estimates as
of the date of posting, which will be clearly indicated. In order to keep posted
forecasts  as  current  as  practicable,  Hughes  intends  to update  any posted
forecasts  once Hughes has  determined,  in  accordance  with  Hughes'  internal
procedures,  that the posted forecasts no longer  represent Hughes  management's
current  estimates  for the  periods  covered.  If  Hughes  updates  its  posted
forecasts,  we will issue a public  announcement  and will update the "Financial
Guidance/Recent  Presentations"  section of the Hughes  website.  Neither GM nor
Hughes  assumes any legal  obligation to update the  information on our website.
Hughes' forecasts will constitute  forward looking statements and will always be
subject  to  various  risk  factors  that may  cause  actual  results  to differ
materially from the forecasts Hughes provides. These risk factors are identified
in our Form 10-K's,  Form 10-Q's and Form 8-K's,  all of which are  available on
our website.

      In order to access the "Financial  Guidance/Recent  Presentations" section
of  the  Hughes  website,  viewers  will  be  required  to  "click"  through  an
acknowledgement  that  the  viewer  has  read,  and  understands,  a  cautionary
statement setting forth the risks and  uncertainties  related to forward looking
statements,  including forecasts, posted on the Hughes website. Forecasts may be
posted,  and updated,  on the Hughes website by various means and neither Hughes
nor GM assume  any  obligation  to use a  particular  means to post,  or update,
forecasts on any particular occasion.  Means of posting may include webcasts and
recordings  of webcasts,  presentations,  press  releases and copies of excerpts
from our SEC Filings.  The means used to post or update  forecasts may vary from
time to time and we may update  forecasts  by means  other than those  initially
used to post such forecasts.

Analyst Meetings, Conference Calls and Discussions with Analysts and
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Institutional Investors, Quarterly Earnings Presentations
---------------------------------------------------------

      Hughes will  endeavor to  simultaneously  webcast all  quarterly  earnings
conference  calls with analysts,  and may also webcast other analyst or investor
conferences   that  Hughes  may  present  or  host,  when  Hughes  considers  it
appropriate.  Hughes  intends  to  post  recordings  of  these  webcasts  in the
"Financial  Guidance/Recent  Presentations" section of the Hughes website and to
maintain access to such recordings for a reasonable period after the event. When
Hughes representatives take part in analyst or investor conferences sponsored by
third parties that are webcast,  Hughes will endeavor to provide instructions on
how to access  webcasts of the  conference.  Hughes will endeavor to post in the
"Financial Guidance/Recent Presentations" section any written presentations used
by Hughes representatives in connection with quarterly earnings calls or analyst
or investor conferences.

      On occasion,  officials at our company will respond to  communications  or
inquiries concerning Hughes from individual analysts, or specific  institutional
investors. If these conversations should occur, they are not intended to divulge
material nonpublic  information about Hughes, and we will take appropriate steps
to  avoid  such  disclosures  from  occurring.  If  Hughes  becomes  aware  that
information  which might be  material  may have been  unintentionally  disclosed
during one of these informal encounters,  Hughes will, when appropriate,  post a
brief  summary of the  information  that has been  disclosed  in the  "Financial
Guidance/Recent  Presentations"  section of the Hughes website. While Hughes may
identify  the  generic  classification  applicable  to  the  recipient  of  this
information (for example,  "analyst," or "institutional investor"),  Hughes does
not intend to identify the  specific  person with whom these  conversations  may
have taken place. The posting of information in accordance with these procedures
is not intended to, and does not,  constitute a determination by Hughes that the
information is material.

Quiet Periods

      During  certain  times,  referred  to as quiet  periods,  any  forecast or
similar   forward   looking   information  in  the  "Financial   Guidance/Recent
Presentations"  section of the  Hughes  website  will be moved to the  "Archived
Guidance"  section of the  Hughes  website  and may no longer be relied  upon as
current.  Hughes will post a prominent notice on the Hughes website stating that
a quiet  period is in effect and you should no longer  rely upon the  previously
posted  forecast as representing  Hughes'  management's  current  estimates with
respect to the subject matter of such forecast.  Quiet periods will begin in the
middle of the last month of each fiscal  quarter  and will end at the  quarterly
earnings  announcement  and will  also  include  such  other  periods  as may be
determined by Hughes' management from time to time.

E-mail and blast fax alerts

      You will be able to register on the Hughes  website to receive  alerts via
e-mail or blast faxes of upcoming  analyst and  investor  conferences,  earnings
releases,  significant changes to the "Financial Guidance/Recent  Presentations"
section of the Hughes website and other pertinent information.

      We  do  not  assume  responsibility  for  any  problems  relating  to  the
transmission  of e-mail or blast  fax  alerts,  including  but not  limited  to,
problems  relating to server  disruptions and incorrect  e-mail addresses or fax
numbers.  While we will endeavor to notify you when significant changes are made
to the Hughes  website,  we do not assume any  obligation  to  provide,  and you
should not expect to  receive,  a notice each time the  forecasts  posted on the
Hughes website are updated.

Further Information

      Regulation  FD is new.  Its  meaning  and impact are not yet  certain.  We
intend  to  monitor  these  policies  and  practices  to see  whether  they  are
fulfilling their intended purpose.  We encourage our shareholders to communicate
with us if you have suggestions or comments  regarding these procedures.  Please
address any such communications to:

                               Investor Relations
                          investorrelations@hughes.com
                                 (310) 662-9688

      To learn more about  PanAmSat,  Hughes'  majority-owned,  publicly  traded
subsidiary, please visit its corporate website at www.PanAmSat.com,  on which it
posts significant information about PanAmSat from time to time.



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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 thereunto duly authorized.


                                         HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORPORATION



                                         Dated:  February 9, 2001


                                         By:__________________________
                                           Roxanne S. Austin
                                           Chief Financial Officer
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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

                       -----------------------------------

                                February 9, 2001
                                        -
                DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)

                         Hughes Electronics Corporation

             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

       Delaware                      0-26035                    52-1106564

    (State or other          (Commission File Number)        (I.R.S. Employer
    jurisdiction of                                           Identification
   incorporation or                                               Number)
     organization)
                          200 North Sepulveda Boulevard
                          El Segundo, California 90245

                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                 (310) 662-9688

              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Item 9.       Regulation FD Disclosure.

Introduction

      On October  23,  2000,  new  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  rules,
collectively  referred to as "Regulation FD," became  effective.  General Motors
and Hughes believe that Regulation FD requires us, among other things, and under
certain circumstances, to have procedures reasonably designed to assure that, if
some  GM  stockholders  learn  information  about  us and  our  company  that is
material,  other GM stockholders  will learn that information at or close to the
same  time.  GM and  Hughes  each  file  this  procedural  8-K to  alert  all GM
stockholders to the disclosure  practices we will try to follow, with respect to
Hughes and the GMH stock.

Our website

      Hughes maintains a corporate  website at  www.hughes.com,  on which Hughes
posts  significant  corporate  information  from time to time.  In addition,  GM
maintains a website at  www.gm.com,  on which it posts  significant  information
about Hughes from time to time,  either in full text or by a clearly  identified
hyperlink to the Hughes website. Unless the context otherwise indicates, when we
refer to "our  website," we refer to both the Hughes website and the GM website,
including,  but not  limited to,  those  portions  that relate to Hughes.  While
significant  information  concerning  Hughes  and  the  GMH  stock  will be made
available to the public by various means, including by filing Current Reports on
Form 8-K, in addition to posting information on our website, we encourage you to
review our website to access all such information.

      We will  maintain  several  discrete  information  sections  on the Hughes
website.  One of these on the investor relations page of the Hughes website will
be headed "Financial Guidance /Recent Presentations."

      Posting  information  on  the  "Financial  Guidance/Recent  Presentations"
section of the Hughes  website is not  intended  to, and does not,  constitute a
determination by us that the information is in fact material. Materiality can be
a complex concept, and some information may be posted on the Hughes website that
may not be "material," out of an abundance of caution to ensure  compliance with
applicable  law.  The fact that  information  is posted on this  section  of the
Hughes website does not indicate a  determination  by us that  dissemination  of
that information is legally required.

      From time to time, and during "quiet  periods," which are discussed below,
certain  information   originally  posted  to  the  "Financial   Guidance/Recent
Presentations"  section of the Hughes  website will be moved to another  section
that  will be  headed  "Archived  Guidance."  Information  will be  moved to the
"Archived  Guidance"  section  for  historical   reference  purposes  only,  and
thereafter  will not be  maintained  or  updated  for  accuracy.  Hughes  and GM
expressly disclaim any obligation to update archived information, and readers of
the archived  information should not assume the information is current. In order
to access the "Archived  Guidance" section, a viewer will be required to "click"
through an  acknowledgement  that archived  information may no longer be current
and accurate.

Forecasts

      Hughes may post  forecasts  (in the form of ranges of projected  financial
and  operating  results  with  respect  to  specific  items  or in the  form  of
directional  commentary),  as  well  as  other  forward  looking  data,  in  the
"Financial  Guidance/Recent  Presentations"  section of the Hughes website. When
posted, the forecasts will represent Hughes'  management's  current estimates as
of the date of posting, which will be clearly indicated. In order to keep posted
forecasts  as  current  as  practicable,  Hughes  intends  to update  any posted
forecasts  once Hughes has  determined,  in  accordance  with  Hughes'  internal
procedures,  that the posted forecasts no longer  represent Hughes  management's
current  estimates  for the  periods  covered.  If  Hughes  updates  its  posted
forecasts,  we will issue a public  announcement  and will update the "Financial
Guidance/Recent  Presentations"  section of the Hughes  website.  Neither GM nor
Hughes  assumes any legal  obligation to update the  information on our website.
Hughes' forecasts will constitute  forward looking statements and will always be
subject  to  various  risk  factors  that may  cause  actual  results  to differ
materially from the forecasts Hughes provides. These risk factors are identified
in our Form 10-K's,  Form 10-Q's and Form 8-K's,  all of which are  available on
our website.

      In order to access the "Financial  Guidance/Recent  Presentations" section
of  the  Hughes  website,  viewers  will  be  required  to  "click"  through  an
acknowledgement  that  the  viewer  has  read,  and  understands,  a  cautionary
statement setting forth the risks and  uncertainties  related to forward looking
statements,  including forecasts, posted on the Hughes website. Forecasts may be
posted,  and updated,  on the Hughes website by various means and neither Hughes
nor GM assume  any  obligation  to use a  particular  means to post,  or update,
forecasts on any particular occasion.  Means of posting may include webcasts and
recordings  of webcasts,  presentations,  press  releases and copies of excerpts
from our SEC Filings.  The means used to post or update  forecasts may vary from
time to time and we may update  forecasts  by means  other than those  initially
used to post such forecasts.

Analyst Meetings, Conference Calls and Discussions with Analysts and
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Institutional Investors, Quarterly Earnings Presentations
---------------------------------------------------------

      Hughes will  endeavor to  simultaneously  webcast all  quarterly  earnings
conference  calls with analysts,  and may also webcast other analyst or investor
conferences   that  Hughes  may  present  or  host,  when  Hughes  considers  it
appropriate.  Hughes  intends  to  post  recordings  of  these  webcasts  in the
"Financial  Guidance/Recent  Presentations" section of the Hughes website and to
maintain access to such recordings for a reasonable period after the event. When
Hughes representatives take part in analyst or investor conferences sponsored by
third parties that are webcast,  Hughes will endeavor to provide instructions on
how to access  webcasts of the  conference.  Hughes will endeavor to post in the
"Financial Guidance/Recent Presentations" section any written presentations used
by Hughes representatives in connection with quarterly earnings calls or analyst
or investor conferences.

      On occasion,  officials at our company will respond to  communications  or
inquiries concerning Hughes from individual analysts, or specific  institutional
investors. If these conversations should occur, they are not intended to divulge
material nonpublic  information about Hughes, and we will take appropriate steps
to  avoid  such  disclosures  from  occurring.  If  Hughes  becomes  aware  that
information  which might be  material  may have been  unintentionally  disclosed
during one of these informal encounters,  Hughes will, when appropriate,  post a
brief  summary of the  information  that has been  disclosed  in the  "Financial
Guidance/Recent  Presentations"  section of the Hughes website. While Hughes may
identify  the  generic  classification  applicable  to  the  recipient  of  this
information (for example,  "analyst," or "institutional investor"),  Hughes does
not intend to identify the  specific  person with whom these  conversations  may
have taken place. The posting of information in accordance with these procedures
is not intended to, and does not,  constitute a determination by Hughes that the
information is material.

Quiet Periods

      During  certain  times,  referred  to as quiet  periods,  any  forecast or
similar   forward   looking   information  in  the  "Financial   Guidance/Recent
Presentations"  section of the  Hughes  website  will be moved to the  "Archived
Guidance"  section of the  Hughes  website  and may no longer be relied  upon as
current.  Hughes will post a prominent notice on the Hughes website stating that
a quiet  period is in effect and you should no longer  rely upon the  previously
posted  forecast as representing  Hughes'  management's  current  estimates with
respect to the subject matter of such forecast.  Quiet periods will begin in the
middle of the last month of each fiscal  quarter  and will end at the  quarterly
earnings  announcement  and will  also  include  such  other  periods  as may be
determined by Hughes' management from time to time.

E-mail and blast fax alerts

      You will be able to register on the Hughes  website to receive  alerts via
e-mail or blast faxes of upcoming  analyst and  investor  conferences,  earnings
releases,  significant changes to the "Financial Guidance/Recent  Presentations"
section of the Hughes website and other pertinent information.

      We  do  not  assume  responsibility  for  any  problems  relating  to  the
transmission  of e-mail or blast  fax  alerts,  including  but not  limited  to,
problems  relating to server  disruptions and incorrect  e-mail addresses or fax
numbers.  While we will endeavor to notify you when significant changes are made
to the Hughes  website,  we do not assume any  obligation  to  provide,  and you
should not expect to  receive,  a notice each time the  forecasts  posted on the
Hughes website are updated.

Further Information

      Regulation  FD is new.  Its  meaning  and impact are not yet  certain.  We
intend  to  monitor  these  policies  and  practices  to see  whether  they  are
fulfilling their intended purpose.  We encourage our shareholders to communicate
with us if you have suggestions or comments  regarding these procedures.  Please
address any such communications to:

                               Investor Relations
                          investorrelations@hughes.com
                                 (310) 662-9688

      To learn more about  PanAmSat,  Hughes'  majority-owned,  publicly  traded
subsidiary, please visit its corporate website at www.PanAmSat.com,  on which it
posts significant information about PanAmSat from time to time.
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 thereunto duly authorized.

                                         HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORPORATION

                                         Dated:  February 9, 2001

                                         By:__________________________
                                           Roxanne S. Austin
                                           Chief Financial Officer