Mail Stop 4628

                                                             September 17, 2018

Via E-Mail
Donal L. Mulligan
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
General Mills, Inc.
Number One General Mills Boulevard
Minneapolis, MN 55426

       Re:     General Mills, Inc.
               Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended May 27, 2018
               Filed June 29, 2018
               File No. 1-00185

Dear Mr. Mulligan:

        We have limited our review of your filing to your contacts with
countries that have been
identified as state sponsors of terrorism, and we have the following comments.
Our review with
respect to this issue does not preclude further review by the Assistant
Director group with respect
to other issues. In our comments, we ask you to provide us with information so
we may better
understand your disclosure.

       Please respond to these comments within ten business days by providing
the requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do
not believe our
comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your
response.

       After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional
comments.

General

   1. In your letter to us dated October 8, 2015, you discussed contacts with
Syria. Your
      website's Middle East and Africa section states that you sell your
products in Syria.
      Your Form 10-K does not provide disclosure about Syria. As you know,
Syria is
      designated by the State Department as a state sponsor of terrorism and is
subject to U.S.
      economic sanctions and export controls. Please describe to us the nature
and extent of
      any past, current, and anticipated contacts with Syria since your 2015
letter, including
      with Syria's government, whether through subsidiaries, distributors,
resellers, affiliates,
      or other direct or indirect arrangements, including through your Cereal
Partners
      Worldwide Joint Venture with Nestle SA. Please also discuss the
materiality of any
      contacts, in quantitative terms and in terms of qualitative factors that
a reasonable
      investor would deem important in making an investment decision. Tell us
the
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General Mills, Inc.
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       approximate dollar amounts of any revenues, assets and liabilities
associated with Syria
       for the last three fiscal years and the subsequent interim period.

        We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for
the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action
or absence of
action by the staff.

        You may contact Jennifer Hardy, Special Counsel, at (202) 551-3767 or
me at (202) 551-
3470 if you have any questions about the comments or our review.

                                                           Sincerely,

                                                           /s/ Cecilia Blye

                                                           Cecilia Blye, Chief
                                                           Office of Global
Security Risk

cc:    John Reynolds
       Assistant Director