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                                                                      Exhibit 24
                                 
                         POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned,
being directors and/or officers of General Electric Capital
Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby
constitutes and appoints Gary C. Wendt, James A. Parke, Joan C.
Amble and Nancy E. Barton and each of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead in any
and all capacities, to sign one or more Annual Reports for the
Corporation's fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, on Form 10-K
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or such
other form as such attorney-in-fact may deem necessary or
desirable, any amendments thereto, and all additional amendments
thereto in such form as they or any one of them may approve, and
to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done to the end that such
Annual Report or Annual Reports shall comply with the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the applicable Rules and
Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted or
issued pursuant thereto, as fully and to all intents and purposes
as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or
their or his substitute or resubstitute, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has hereunto set
his hand this 26th day of March, 1996.



/s/ Gary C. Wendt                        /s/ James A. Parke
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Gary C. Wendt,                           James A. Parke,
Chairman of the Board,                   Senior Vice President, Finance
President and Chief Executive Officer   (Principal Financial Officer)
(Principal Executive Officer)




                   /s/ Joan C. Amble
                   ----------------------------
                   Joan C. Amble,
                   Vice President and Controller
                   (Principal Accounting Officer)




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/s/ Kaj Ahlmann                      
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Kaj Ahlmann,                         Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr.,
Director                             Director

/s/ Nigel D.T. Andrews               
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Nigel D.T. Andrews,                  Hugh J. Murphy,
Director                             Director

/s/ James R. Bunt                    /s/ Denis J. Nayden
----------------------------         ----------------------------
James R. Bunt,                       Denis J. Nayden,
Director                             Director

/s/ Dennis D. Dammerman              /s/ Michael A. Neal
----------------------------         ----------------------------
Dennis D. Dammerman,                 Michael A. Neal,
Director                             Director


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Paolo Fresco,                        John M. Samuels,
Director                             Director

                                     /s/ Edward D. Stewart
----------------------------         ----------------------------
Dale F. Frey,                        Edward D. Stewart,
Director                             Director

                                     /s/ John F. Welch, Jr.
                                     ----------------------------
                                     John F. Welch,  Jr.,
                                     Director

A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS



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