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 23, 1997
                                  ------------




                           GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
            -----------------------------------------------------
            (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                 48243-7301
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

         (a)  Certain  audited  financial   information  and  unaudited  interim
financial information for the Defense Business of Hughes Electronics Corporation
(Hughes Defense) identified in Item 7 below and included herein as Exhibits 99.1
and  99.2,  respectively,  relate  to a  series  of  transactions  (the  "Hughes
Transactions"),  which General Motors Corporation (GM) is seeking to complete by
year end 1997.  The  transactions  are  described in GM's Annual  Report on Form
10-K,  pages II-58 and II-59.  The  information  included herein was included in
substantially  the same form with certain other  information in a Current Report
on Form 8-K dated  March 14,  1997,  which  was filed  with the SEC by  Raytheon
Company on May 23, 1997.

              No  assurance  can be given that the Hughes  Transactions  will be
completed;  however,  management  of GM and Hughes  and GM's Board of  Directors
expect to solicit  stockholders'  approval of the planned  transactions  in late
1997, if certain conditions are satisfied.

ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS

         Exhibit
         Number                     Description

         23                         Consent of Deloitte and Touche LLP

         99.1                       The audited combined balance sheet of Hughes
                                    Defense as of December 31, 1996 and December
                                    31, 1995, and the related combined statement
                                    of   income   and   parent   company's   net
                                    investment  and  combined  statement of cash
                                    flows  for  each of the  three  years in the
                                    period ended December 31, 1996.

         99.2                       The  unaudited  combined  balance  sheet  of
                                    Hughes  Defense  as of  March  31,  1997 and
                                    December 31, 1996, and the related  combined
                                    statement of income and parent company's net
                                    investment  and  combined  statement of cash
                                    flows for the three  months  ended March 31,
                                    1997 and 1996.


















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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
                                            --------------------------
                                                    (Registrant)
Date    June 23, 1997
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                                            By
                                            s/Peter R. Bible
                                            -------------------------------
                                            (Peter R. Bible,
                                            Chief Accounting Officer)














































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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 23, 1997
                                  ------------

                           GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
            -----------------------------------------------------
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

      STATE OF DELAWARE                 1-143                 38-0572515
----------------------------   -----------------------    -------------------
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
 of incorporation)                                         Identification No.)

   100 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan                 48243-7301
3044 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan                 48202-3091
--------------------------------------------                 ----------
  (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

         (a)  Certain  audited  financial   information  and  unaudited  interim
financial information for the Defense Business of Hughes Electronics Corporation
(Hughes Defense) identified in Item 7 below and included herein as Exhibits 99.1
and  99.2,  respectively,  relate  to a  series  of  transactions  (the  "Hughes
Transactions"),  which General Motors Corporation (GM) is seeking to complete by
year end 1997.  The  transactions  are  described in GM's Annual  Report on Form
10-K,  pages II-58 and II-59.  The  information  included herein was included in
substantially  the same form with certain other  information in a Current Report
on Form 8-K dated  March 14,  1997,  which  was filed  with the SEC by  Raytheon
Company on May 23, 1997.

              No  assurance  can be given that the Hughes  Transactions  will be
completed;  however,  management  of GM and Hughes  and GM's Board of  Directors
expect to solicit  stockholders'  approval of the planned  transactions  in late
1997, if certain conditions are satisfied.

ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS

         Exhibit
         Number                     Description

         23                         Consent of Deloitte and Touche LLP

         99.1                       The audited combined balance sheet of Hughes
                                    Defense as of December 31, 1996 and December
                                    31, 1995, and the related combined statement
                                    of   income   and   parent   company's   net
                                    investment  and  combined  statement of cash
                                    flows  for  each of the  three  years in the
                                    period ended December 31, 1996.

         99.2                       The  unaudited  combined  balance  sheet  of
                                    Hughes  Defense  as of  March  31,  1997 and
                                    December 31, 1996, and the related  combined
                                    statement of income and parent company's net
                                    investment  and  combined  statement of cash
                                    flows for the three  months  ended March 31,
                                    1997 and 1996.

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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
                                            --------------------------
                                                    (Registrant)
Date    June 23, 1997
        -------------
                                            By
                                            s/Peter R. Bible
                                            -------------------------------
                                            (Peter R. Bible,
                                            Chief Accounting Officer)

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