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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):  March 22, 1994 



                     AMERICAN GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION
            (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)



            Indiana                1-6155                35-0416090
         (State or Other      (Commission File         (IRS Employer 
         Jurisdiction of          Number)              Identification
         Incorporation)                                   Number)


            601 N.W. Second Street, Evansville, IN        47708
           (Address of Principal Executive Offices)     (Zip Code)




     Registrant's telephone number, including area code:   (812) 424-8031


                                                                              
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Item 5.     Other Events.

      On  March 22, 1994, a duly authorized  Committee (the "Terms and Pricing
Committee")  of the Board of Directors of American General Finance Corporation
(the  "Company") authorized the issuance in an underwritten public offering of
$150,000,000  aggregate principal amount  of the Company's  5.80% Senior Notes
due  April  1,  1997  (the  "Notes")  under  the  Company's  previously  filed
Registration   Statement  on   Form  S-3   (Registration  No. 33-57910)   (the
"Registration Statement") and the  related Prospectus dated March 1,  1993 and
Prospectus Supplement dated March 22, 1994. 


Item 7.     Financial   Statements,  Pro   Forma  Financial   Information  and
            Exhibits.

      (c)   Exhibits.  The following Exhibits are filed as part of this Report
            and as Exhibits to the Registration Statement:


      Exhibit
      Number                              Description                     

      4(a)              Resolutions of the Terms and Pricing Committee adopted
                        on March 22, 1994 establishing the terms of the Notes,
                        certified by an Assistant Secretary of the Company. 

      4(b)              Form of 5.80% Senior Note due April 1, 1997.

      5                 Opinion of  Baker &  Daniels, special counsel  for the
                        Company, as to the legality of the Notes.  









                                  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.  

                                          AMERICAN GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION



Dated:   March 25, 1994                   By: /S/ PHILIP M. HANLEY            
                                              Philip M. Hanley
                                              Senior Vice President and
                                              Chief Financial Officer












                                 EXHIBIT INDEX


                        
            Exhibit
            Number                     Description                       

            4(a)        Resolutions  of the  Terms and  Pricing Committee
                        adopted on March 22, 1994 establishing  the terms
                        of the Notes, certified by an Assistant Secretary
                        of the Company.

            4(b)        Form of 5.80% Senior Note due April 1, 1997.

            5           Opinion of  Baker & Daniels,  special counsel for
                        the Company, as to the legality of the Notes.