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) January 13, 2000
                                  ----------------




                        HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONON
            -----------------------------------------------------
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




      STATE OF DELAWARE               0-26035                 52-1106564
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(State or other jurisdiction        (Commission            (I.R.S. Employer
 of incorporation or organization)   File Number)         Identification No.)




                          200 North Sepulveda Boulevard
                          El Segundo, California 90245
                       -------------------------------
                                (310) 662-9985
                               ----------------
               (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
        including area code, of registrants' principal executive office)

























                                    - 1 -

ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

      On January  13,  2000,  a news  release  was issued by Hughes  Electronics
Corporation  (Hughes) announcing the sale of their Satellite Division to Boeing.
The release is as follows:


                 HUGHES ANNOUNCES ACTIONS TO FOCUS COMPANY ON
                         HIGH-GROWTH SERVICE BUSINESSES

            Satellite Systems Operations Will Be Sold to Boeing in
                      All Cash Transaction of $3.75 Billion

    Company to Refocus Wireless Manufacturing Operations to Concentrate on
  Broadband Opportunities - Expects $275 Million Charge to 4th Quarter 1999
                                    Earnings

           Remaining Operations to be Structured in Two New Sectors
       Focused on Consumer Entertainment and Enterprise Communications

      EL SEGUNDO,  Calif., Jan. 13, 2000 - Hughes Electronics  Corporation today
announced  major  changes in its  corporate  structure and business mix that are
designed to sharply focus the company's  resources and  management  attention on
its high-growth entertainment,  information and business communications services
businesses.  Included in the actions are the sale of Hughes'  satellite  systems
operations,  a strategy to discontinue certain wireless manufacturing activities
and  focus on  wireless  broadband  opportunities,  and the  appointment  of two
top-level  executives to  concentrate  the company's  service  operations on two
distinct  customer  groups  -  individual  consumers,  and  business-to-business
"enterprise" customers.

      "These  strategic  moves  accelerate the  transformation  of Hughes into a
highly focused  entertainment  and data  information  services and  distribution
company," said Michael T. Smith,  chairman and CEO of Hughes. "We will now be in
a stronger  position to fuel the growth of our high-growth  service  businesses,
focus more intensely on customer needs,  and devote resources to the integration
of new broadband and interactive services."

                Boeing to Acquire Satellite Systems Operations

      In the first of the actions, Hughes and The Boeing Company today announced
that Boeing will acquire the Hughes satellite systems  businesses in an all-cash
transaction of $3.75 billion.

      Included in the  acquisition is Hughes Space and  Communications  Company,
the world leader in  communications  satellites;  Hughes  Electron  Dynamics,  a
leading  supplier of electronic  components for satellites;  and  Spectrolab,  a
premier  provider  of solar  cells and panels for  satellites.  The units have a
combined workforce of about 9,000 employees,  primarily in the Los Angeles area.
The operations are expected to have 1999 revenues of $2.3 billion, and currently
have a backlog of more than 36 satellites valued at more than $4 billion.

      The  transaction is subject to regulatory and  government  review,  and is
expected to close by mid-year.

      This  acquisition  will allow Boeing to take a significant step forward in
executing  its  strategic  vision of becoming an industry  leader in  integrated
space and airborne information  systems. The Hughes satellite business,  coupled
with Boeing's already strong large-scale systems integration capabilities,  will
enable  Boeing  to offer  unparalleled  integrated  space,  air and  terrestrial
information  and  communications  systems to its customers.  Boeing  anticipates
substantial growth in these large, complex systems that are often referred to as
"systems of systems" in both the commercial and government markets.

                                       - 2 -


      "Vast  talent  and   expertise   resides   within  the  Hughes   satellite
manufacturing companies, and this move significantly strengthens the position of
both the Boeing and Hughes space  businesses,  which are highly  complementary,"
Smith said.

      Also as a result of the  transaction,  Hughes  will become one of Boeing's
largest  customers,  with  contracts in place for five HS 601 HP satellites  for
PanAmSat and  DIRECTV(R),  and five HS 702  satellites  for PanAmSat and the new
Hughes Spaceway(TM) broadband system.

       Wireless Manufacturing Reduced; Investment Shifted to Broadband

      At the same  time,  Hughes  announced  plans to  narrow  the  focus of its
wireless  business  at Hughes  Network  Systems  (HNS),  located in  Germantown,
Maryland. As a result of this decision, HNS' wireless business will focus on its
leading  broadband  point-to-multipoint  product line and discontinue its mobile
cellular  and  narrowband  local  loop  product  lines.  HNS  will  fulfill  its
outstanding  contractual  obligations  for  these  discontinued  product  lines.
Resulting from these actions, Hughes will record a fourth quarter pre-tax charge
of approximately $275 million.

                Operations Consolidated to Focus on Customers

      Additionally,  Smith  announced the promotion of two  executives  who will
help  consolidate all operations of the company in alignment with their customer
focus -individual consumers and enterprise customers.

      Eddy W.  Hartenstein,  Corporate  Senior  Vice  President  of  Hughes  and
President,  DIRECTV, is promoted to Corporate Senior Executive Vice President of
the  Hughes  Consumer  Sector,   which  will  include   DIRECTV,   Galaxy  Latin
America(TM),   DIRECTV  Japan,  and  the  consumer  marketing   applications  of
DirecPC(R) and  Spaceway(TM).  He will be headquartered at the corporate offices
in El Segundo, California.

      Jack A. Shaw,  Corporate  Executive  Vice President of Hughes and Chairman
and CEO of Hughes Network  Systems,  is promoted to Corporate  Senior  Executive
Vice  President  of the Hughes  Enterprise  Sector,  which will  include  Hughes
Network  Systems,  PanAmSat,  and the  enterprise  applications  of DirecPC  and
Spaceway.  He will also be headquartered at the corporate offices.  Shaw will be
succeeded by Pradman Kaul, who is promoted to Chairman and CEO of Hughes Network
Systems.

             1999 Earnings Guidance Offered to Reflect Wireless Charge

      Hughes  expects the impact to fourth quarter 1999 earnings per share (EPS)
from the one-time HNS Wireless  charge to be a loss of  approximately  $0.40 per
share. As a result,  Hughes  anticipates  reporting a loss per share of $0.58 to
$0.60 for the quarter.  Excluding the charge,  Hughes expects its fourth quarter
1999  EPS to  exceed  the  analysts'  consensus,  due to  the  company's  strong
EBITDA(1)  performance.  The analysts' consensus anticipates a loss per share of
$0.28.

              Hughes: A World Leader in Communications Services

      Hughes is a world leader in the  communications  services  industry,  with
each of its units - DIRECTV,  PanAmSat and Hughes Network Systems - commanding a
leadership position in the market that it serves.

      DIRECTV  is  the  world's  largest  direct-to-home   provider  of  digital
entertainment  programming,  with  more than 9  million  subscribers  worldwide.
DIRECTV  has more than 8 million  subscribers  in the United  States,  including
customers of PRIMESTAR By DIRECTV, and in 1999 acquired a record 1.6 million net
new subscribers, a 39 percent increase over the previous record year of 1998. In
1999,  DIRECTV  began  offering  local  channels and this year will roll out new
interactive and enhanced television services through alliances with

                                    - 3 -


companies  including America Online (AOL), Wink, TiVo and others. With more than
800,000 subscribers, Galaxy Latin America, a 78-percent Hughes-owned partnership
with the Cisneros  Group of Companies of Venezuela,  is the leading  provider of
direct-to-home  television  in Latin  America,  having  posted three  successive
record months of new subscriber growth.

      PanAmSat Corporation,  which is 81-percent owned by Hughes, is the world's
largest commercial operator of communications satellites and has a customer base
that includes the world's  premier  entertainment,  communications  and Internet
companies.  PanAmSat  recently  expanded its capacity with the December 21, 1999
launch of a Hughes 702 satellite,  and plans further  expansion by launching six
additional satellites by early 2001.

      Hughes  Network  Systems is the world's  leading  provider  of  enterprise
satellite-based private communications  networks, with a broad,  internationally
based  range  of  customers   including  major  oil  companies,   retailers  and
manufacturers.  Its DirecPC business,  offering  high-speed  broadband  Internet
service, will launch a joint service with AOL later this year to provide premier
"AOL Plus Via  DirecPC" to Internet  users.  Hughes  Network  Systems  will also
launch Spaceway,  a two-way,  interactive  broadband service offering high-speed
data communications, beginning in 2002.

      The earnings of Hughes Electronics,  a unit of General Motors Corporation,
are used to calculate the earnings per share  attributable to the General Motors
Class  H  common  stock  (NYSE:GMH).  Visit  Hughes  on the  World  Wide  Web at
www.hughes.com.

      NOTE: Hughes Electronics  Corporation  believes that certain statements in
this press release may constitute  forward-looking statements within the meaning
of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press
release,  the  words  "estimate,"  "plan,"  "project,"  "anticipate,"  "expect,"
"intend,"  "outlook,"  "believe," and other similar  expressions are intended to
identify  forward-looking  statements and information.  Actual results of Hughes
may differ materially from anticipated  results as a result of certain risks and
uncertainties,  which  include  but are not  limited to those  associated  with:
economic  conditions;  demand for products and services,  and market acceptance;
government  action;  local  political or economic  developments  in or affecting
countries where we have international  operations;  our ability to obtain export
licenses;  competition;  our ability to achieve cost  reductions;  technological
risks;  our ability to address the year 2000 issue;  interruptions to production
attributable   to  causes   outside  our  control;   limitations  on  access  to
distribution  channels;  the success and  timelines of satellite  launches;  the
in-orbit  performance  of  satellites;  the ability of our  customers  to obtain
financing;  and  our  ability  to  access  capital  to  maintain  our  financial
flexibility. Hughes cautions that these important factors are not exclusive.

                                     ###

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1) EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest,  Taxes,  Depreciation and  Amortization) is
   the sum of operating profit (loss) and depreciation and amortization.





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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.


                                          HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
                                          ------------------------------
                                                  (Registrant)



                                       By
Date January 14, 2000                  /s/Roxanne S. Austin
     ----------------                  -----------------------------------
                                       (Roxanne S. Austin,
                                        Chief Financial 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) January 13, 2000
                                  ----------------

                        HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONON
            -----------------------------------------------------
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

      STATE OF DELAWARE               0-26035                 52-1106564
----------------------------   -----------------------    -------------------
(State or other jurisdiction        (Commission            (I.R.S. Employer
 of incorporation or organization)   File Number)         Identification No.)

                          200 North Sepulveda Boulevard
                          El Segundo, California 90245
                       -------------------------------
                                (310) 662-9985
                               ----------------
               (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
        including area code, of registrants' principal executive office)

                                    - 1 -

ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

      On January  13,  2000,  a news  release  was issued by Hughes  Electronics
Corporation  (Hughes) announcing the sale of their Satellite Division to Boeing.
The release is as follows:

                 HUGHES ANNOUNCES ACTIONS TO FOCUS COMPANY ON
                         HIGH-GROWTH SERVICE BUSINESSES

            Satellite Systems Operations Will Be Sold to Boeing in
                      All Cash Transaction of $3.75 Billion

    Company to Refocus Wireless Manufacturing Operations to Concentrate on
  Broadband Opportunities - Expects $275 Million Charge to 4th Quarter 1999
                                    Earnings

           Remaining Operations to be Structured in Two New Sectors
       Focused on Consumer Entertainment and Enterprise Communications

      EL SEGUNDO,  Calif., Jan. 13, 2000 - Hughes Electronics  Corporation today
announced  major  changes in its  corporate  structure and business mix that are
designed to sharply focus the company's  resources and  management  attention on
its high-growth entertainment,  information and business communications services
businesses.  Included in the actions are the sale of Hughes'  satellite  systems
operations,  a strategy to discontinue certain wireless manufacturing activities
and  focus on  wireless  broadband  opportunities,  and the  appointment  of two
top-level  executives to  concentrate  the company's  service  operations on two
distinct  customer  groups  -  individual  consumers,  and  business-to-business
"enterprise" customers.

      "These  strategic  moves  accelerate the  transformation  of Hughes into a
highly focused  entertainment  and data  information  services and  distribution
company," said Michael T. Smith,  chairman and CEO of Hughes. "We will now be in
a stronger  position to fuel the growth of our high-growth  service  businesses,
focus more intensely on customer needs,  and devote resources to the integration
of new broadband and interactive services."

                Boeing to Acquire Satellite Systems Operations

      In the first of the actions, Hughes and The Boeing Company today announced
that Boeing will acquire the Hughes satellite systems  businesses in an all-cash
transaction of $3.75 billion.

      Included in the  acquisition is Hughes Space and  Communications  Company,
the world leader in  communications  satellites;  Hughes  Electron  Dynamics,  a
leading  supplier of electronic  components for satellites;  and  Spectrolab,  a
premier  provider  of solar  cells and panels for  satellites.  The units have a
combined workforce of about 9,000 employees,  primarily in the Los Angeles area.
The operations are expected to have 1999 revenues of $2.3 billion, and currently
have a backlog of more than 36 satellites valued at more than $4 billion.

      The  transaction is subject to regulatory and  government  review,  and is
expected to close by mid-year.

      This  acquisition  will allow Boeing to take a significant step forward in
executing  its  strategic  vision of becoming an industry  leader in  integrated
space and airborne information  systems. The Hughes satellite business,  coupled
with Boeing's already strong large-scale systems integration capabilities,  will
enable  Boeing  to offer  unparalleled  integrated  space,  air and  terrestrial
information  and  communications  systems to its customers.  Boeing  anticipates
substantial growth in these large, complex systems that are often referred to as
"systems of systems" in both the commercial and government markets.

                                       - 2 -

      "Vast  talent  and   expertise   resides   within  the  Hughes   satellite
manufacturing companies, and this move significantly strengthens the position of
both the Boeing and Hughes space  businesses,  which are highly  complementary,"
Smith said.

      Also as a result of the  transaction,  Hughes  will become one of Boeing's
largest  customers,  with  contracts in place for five HS 601 HP satellites  for
PanAmSat and  DIRECTV(R),  and five HS 702  satellites  for PanAmSat and the new
Hughes Spaceway(TM) broadband system.

       Wireless Manufacturing Reduced; Investment Shifted to Broadband

      At the same  time,  Hughes  announced  plans to  narrow  the  focus of its
wireless  business  at Hughes  Network  Systems  (HNS),  located in  Germantown,
Maryland. As a result of this decision, HNS' wireless business will focus on its
leading  broadband  point-to-multipoint  product line and discontinue its mobile
cellular  and  narrowband  local  loop  product  lines.  HNS  will  fulfill  its
outstanding  contractual  obligations  for  these  discontinued  product  lines.
Resulting from these actions, Hughes will record a fourth quarter pre-tax charge
of approximately $275 million.

                Operations Consolidated to Focus on Customers

      Additionally,  Smith  announced the promotion of two  executives  who will
help  consolidate all operations of the company in alignment with their customer
focus -individual consumers and enterprise customers.

      Eddy W.  Hartenstein,  Corporate  Senior  Vice  President  of  Hughes  and
President,  DIRECTV, is promoted to Corporate Senior Executive Vice President of
the  Hughes  Consumer  Sector,   which  will  include   DIRECTV,   Galaxy  Latin
America(TM),   DIRECTV  Japan,  and  the  consumer  marketing   applications  of
DirecPC(R) and  Spaceway(TM).  He will be headquartered at the corporate offices
in El Segundo, California.

      Jack A. Shaw,  Corporate  Executive  Vice President of Hughes and Chairman
and CEO of Hughes Network  Systems,  is promoted to Corporate  Senior  Executive
Vice  President  of the Hughes  Enterprise  Sector,  which will  include  Hughes
Network  Systems,  PanAmSat,  and the  enterprise  applications  of DirecPC  and
Spaceway.  He will also be headquartered at the corporate offices.  Shaw will be
succeeded by Pradman Kaul, who is promoted to Chairman and CEO of Hughes Network
Systems.

             1999 Earnings Guidance Offered to Reflect Wireless Charge

      Hughes  expects the impact to fourth quarter 1999 earnings per share (EPS)
from the one-time HNS Wireless  charge to be a loss of  approximately  $0.40 per
share. As a result,  Hughes  anticipates  reporting a loss per share of $0.58 to
$0.60 for the quarter.  Excluding the charge,  Hughes expects its fourth quarter
1999  EPS to  exceed  the  analysts'  consensus,  due to  the  company's  strong
EBITDA(1)  performance.  The analysts' consensus anticipates a loss per share of
$0.28.

              Hughes: A World Leader in Communications Services

      Hughes is a world leader in the  communications  services  industry,  with
each of its units - DIRECTV,  PanAmSat and Hughes Network Systems - commanding a
leadership position in the market that it serves.

      DIRECTV  is  the  world's  largest  direct-to-home   provider  of  digital
entertainment  programming,  with  more than 9  million  subscribers  worldwide.
DIRECTV  has more than 8 million  subscribers  in the United  States,  including
customers of PRIMESTAR By DIRECTV, and in 1999 acquired a record 1.6 million net
new subscribers, a 39 percent increase over the previous record year of 1998. In
1999,  DIRECTV  began  offering  local  channels and this year will roll out new
interactive and enhanced television services through alliances with

                                    - 3 -

companies  including America Online (AOL), Wink, TiVo and others. With more than
800,000 subscribers, Galaxy Latin America, a 78-percent Hughes-owned partnership
with the Cisneros  Group of Companies of Venezuela,  is the leading  provider of
direct-to-home  television  in Latin  America,  having  posted three  successive
record months of new subscriber growth.

      PanAmSat Corporation,  which is 81-percent owned by Hughes, is the world's
largest commercial operator of communications satellites and has a customer base
that includes the world's  premier  entertainment,  communications  and Internet
companies.  PanAmSat  recently  expanded its capacity with the December 21, 1999
launch of a Hughes 702 satellite,  and plans further  expansion by launching six
additional satellites by early 2001.

      Hughes  Network  Systems is the world's  leading  provider  of  enterprise
satellite-based private communications  networks, with a broad,  internationally
based  range  of  customers   including  major  oil  companies,   retailers  and
manufacturers.  Its DirecPC business,  offering  high-speed  broadband  Internet
service, will launch a joint service with AOL later this year to provide premier
"AOL Plus Via  DirecPC" to Internet  users.  Hughes  Network  Systems  will also
launch Spaceway,  a two-way,  interactive  broadband service offering high-speed
data communications, beginning in 2002.

      The earnings of Hughes Electronics,  a unit of General Motors Corporation,
are used to calculate the earnings per share  attributable to the General Motors
Class  H  common  stock  (NYSE:GMH).  Visit  Hughes  on the  World  Wide  Web at
www.hughes.com.

      NOTE: Hughes Electronics  Corporation  believes that certain statements in
this press release may constitute  forward-looking statements within the meaning
of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press
release,  the  words  "estimate,"  "plan,"  "project,"  "anticipate,"  "expect,"
"intend,"  "outlook,"  "believe," and other similar  expressions are intended to
identify  forward-looking  statements and information.  Actual results of Hughes
may differ materially from anticipated  results as a result of certain risks and
uncertainties,  which  include  but are not  limited to those  associated  with:
economic  conditions;  demand for products and services,  and market acceptance;
government  action;  local  political or economic  developments  in or affecting
countries where we have international  operations;  our ability to obtain export
licenses;  competition;  our ability to achieve cost  reductions;  technological
risks;  our ability to address the year 2000 issue;  interruptions to production
attributable   to  causes   outside  our  control;   limitations  on  access  to
distribution  channels;  the success and  timelines of satellite  launches;  the
in-orbit  performance  of  satellites;  the ability of our  customers  to obtain
financing;  and  our  ability  to  access  capital  to  maintain  our  financial
flexibility. Hughes cautions that these important factors are not exclusive.

                                     ###

----------------------
1) EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest,  Taxes,  Depreciation and  Amortization) is
   the sum of operating profit (loss) and depreciation and amortization.

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                                    - 4 -

                                    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.

                                          HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
                                          ------------------------------
                                                  (Registrant)

                                       By
Date January 14, 2000                  /s/Roxanne S. Austin
     ----------------                  -----------------------------------
                                       (Roxanne S. Austin,
                                        Chief Financial Officer)

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