GEORGIA PACIFIC CORP
11-K, 1999-06-29
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                         -----------------------------

                                   FORM 11-K

                                 ANNUAL REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Mark One):

   [X]     ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
           ACT OF 1934 [NO-FEE REQUIRED].
           For the year ended December 31, 1998

                                      OR

   [_]     TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES
           EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED].
           For the transition period from ________________ to ________________

Commission file number 1-3506

   A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that
      of the issuer named below:  Georgia-Pacific Corporation Savings and
      Capital Growth Plan.

   B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address
      of its principal executive office:  Georgia-Pacific Corporation, 133
      Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia  30303.
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                          Georgia-Pacific Corporation
                        Savings and Capital Growth Plan

                      Financial Statements and Schedules
                       As of December 31, 1998 and 1997
                        Together With Auditors' Report
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                          GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION

                        SAVINGS AND CAPITAL GROWTH PLAN


                      FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES

                          DECEMBER 31, 1998 AND 1997


                               TABLE OF CONTENTS


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits, With Fund Information--
      December 31, 1998

     Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits, With Fund Information--
      December 31, 1997

     Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits, With Fund
      Information, for the Year Ended December 31, 1998


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES


SCHEDULES SUPPORTING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     Schedule I:    Item 27(a)--Schedule of Assets Held for Investment
                    Purposes--December 31, 1998

     Schedule II:   Item 27(b)--Schedule of Loans in Default--December 31, 1998

     Schedule III:  Item 27(d)--Schedule of Reportable Transactions for the
                    Year Ended December 31, 1998

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                   REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



To the Participants of the
Georgia-Pacific Corporation Savings
and Capital Growth Plan:


We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for
benefits, with fund information, of the GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION SAVINGS AND
CAPITAL GROWTH PLAN as of December 31, 1998 and 1997 and the related statement
of changes in net assets available for benefits, with fund information, for the
year ended December 31, 1998.  These financial statements and the schedules
referred to below are the responsibility of the Plan's management.  Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and
schedules based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Georgia-
Pacific Corporation Savings and Capital Growth Plan as of December 31, 1998 and
1997 and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the year ended
December 31, 1998 in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.

Our audits were made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole.  The supplemental schedules of assets
held for investment purposes and loans in default as of December 31, 1998 and
reportable transactions for the year ended December 31, 1998 are presented for
purposes of additional analysis and are not a required part of the basic
financial statements but are supplementary information required by the
Department of Labor Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The fund information in the

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statements of net assets available for benefits and the statement of changes in
net assets available for benefits is presented for purposes of additional
analysis rather than to present the net assets available for benefits and the
changes in net assets available for benefits of each fund. The supplemental
schedules and fund information have been subjected to the auditing procedures
applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, are
fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial
statements taken as a whole.


/s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Atlanta, Georgia
May 14, 1999
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          GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION SAVINGS AND CAPITAL GROWTH PLAN


     STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS, WITH FUND INFORMATION

                               DECEMBER 31, 1998
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     Fixed        Company                                              Aggressive
                                                     Income        Stock       Balanced      Growth and      Growth      Growth
                                                    Options       Options       Options    Income Options   Options      Option
                                                  ------------  ------------  -----------  --------------  ----------  ----------
<S>                                               <C>           <C>           <C>          <C>             <C>         <C>
ASSETS:
 Contribution receivable                          $          0  $          0  $         0    $          0  $        0  $        0
                                                  ------------  ------------  -----------    ------------  ----------  ----------
 Investments, at market value:
   Interest in Master Trusts                                 0   164,004,248            0               0           0           0
   Mutual funds                                    314,238,061             0   89,689,302     475,075,745   4,936,482   1,912,994
   Participants' loans                                       0             0            0               0           0           0
                                                  ------------  ------------  -----------    ------------  ----------  ----------
      Total investments                            314,238,061   164,004,248   89,689,302     475,075,745   4,936,482   1,912,994
                                                  ------------  ------------  -----------    ------------  ----------  ----------
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS                 $314,238,061  $164,004,248  $89,689,302    $475,075,745  $4,936,482  $1,912,994
                                                  ============  ============  ===========    ============  ==========  ==========
<CAPTION>
                                                     Money                                    Participants'
                                                    Market      International   Unallocated      Loans
                                                    Option          Option     Contributions   Receivable         Total
                                                  ------------  -------------  -------------  -------------  --------------
<S>                                               <C>           <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>
ASSETS:
 Contribution receivable                          $         0    $         0     $3,093,271    $         0   $    3,093,271
                                                  -----------    -----------     ----------    -----------   --------------
 Investments, at market value:
   Interest in Master Trusts                                0              0              0              0      164,004,248
   Mutual funds                                    63,389,709     39,691,650         35,830              0      988,969,773
   Participants' loans                                      0              0              0     24,264,201       24,264,201
                                                  -----------    -----------     ----------    -----------   --------------
      Total investments                            63,389,709     39,691,650         35,830     24,264,201    1,177,238,222
                                                  -----------    -----------     ----------    -----------   --------------
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS                 $63,389,709    $39,691,650     $3,129,101    $24,264,201   $1,180,331,493
                                                  ===========    ===========     ==========    ===========   ==============
</TABLE>

        The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.
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          GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION SAVINGS AND CAPITAL GROWTH PLAN


     STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS, WITH FUND INFORMATION

                               DECEMBER 31, 1997
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     Fixed        Company                     Growth        Money
                                                     Income        Stock       Balanced     and Income     Market
                                                    Options       Options       Option        Option       Option
                                                  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------
<S>                                               <C>           <C>           <C>          <C>           <C>
ASSETS:
 Accrued income                                   $          0  $          0  $   166,545  $          0  $         0
                                                  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------
 Contribution receivable                                     0             0            0             0            0
                                                  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------
 Other receivables                                           0             0      909,612             0            0
                                                  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------
 Investments, at market value:
   Interest in Master Trusts                                 0   145,130,363            0             0            0
   Mutual funds                                    315,821,811             0   62,184,849   370,021,766   41,532,816
   Participants' loans                                       0             0            0             0            0
                                                  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------
      Total investments                            315,821,811   145,130,363   62,184,849   370,021,766   41,532,816
                                                  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------
      Total assets                                 315,821,811   145,130,363   63,261,006   370,021,766   41,532,816

LIABILITIES:
 Other payables                                              0             0      889,885             0            0
                                                  ------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS                 $315,821,811  $145,130,363  $62,371,121  $370,021,766  $41,532,816
                                                  ============  ============  ===========  ============  ===========
<CAPTION>
                                                                                Participants'
                                                  International   Unallocated      Loans
                                                     Option      Contributions   Receivable       Total
                                                  -------------  -------------  ------------  --------------
<S>                                               <C>            <C>            <C>           <C>
ASSETS:
 Accrued income                                    $         0     $        0    $         0  $      166,545
                                                   -----------     ----------    -----------  --------------
 Contribution receivable                                     0      2,896,394              0       2,896,394
                                                   -----------     ----------    -----------  --------------
 Other receivables                                           0              0              0         909,612
                                                   -----------     ----------    -----------  --------------
 Investments, at market value:
   Interest in Master Trusts                                 0              0              0     145,130,363
   Mutual funds                                     42,878,302      3,039,324              0     835,478,868
   Participants' loans                                       0              0     23,283,930      23,283,930
                                                   -----------     ----------    -----------  --------------
      Total investments                             42,878,302      3,039,324     23,283,930   1,003,893,161
                                                   -----------     ----------    -----------  --------------
      Total assets                                  42,878,302      5,935,718     23,283,930   1,007,865,712

LIABILITIES:
 Other payables                                              0              0              0         889,885
                                                   -----------     ----------    -----------  --------------
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS                  $42,878,302     $5,935,718    $23,283,930  $1,006,975,827
                                                   ===========     ==========    ===========  ==============
</TABLE>

         The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.
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          GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION SAVINGS AND CAPITAL GROWTH PLAN


     STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS, WITH FUND
                                 INFORMATION,

                     FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                 Fixed         Company                    Growth and                 Aggressive
                                                Income          Stock        Balanced       Income        Growth       Growth
                                                Options        Options       Options        Options       Options      Option
                                             ------------   ------------   -----------   ------------   ----------   ----------
<S>                                          <C>            <C>            <C>           <C>            <C>          <C>
INTEREST AND DIVIDENDS                       $ 17,426,470   $          0   $ 3,527,272   $  7,654,497   $  174,361   $  102,959

NET APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) IN
 MARKET VALUE OF INVESTMENTS                    4,535,858              0     8,909,524     96,805,964      262,487      (58,007)

NET GAIN FROM MASTER TRUSTS                             0     10,720,857             0              0            0            0
                                             ------------   ------------   -----------   ------------   ----------   ----------
NET INVESTMENT INCOME                          21,962,328     10,720,857    12,436,796    104,460,461      436,848       44,952
                                             ------------   ------------   -----------   ------------   ----------   ----------
CONTRIBUTIONS:
 Participants                                   9,201,291      6,406,200     3,968,655     18,656,447      182,226       53,120
 Corporation                                    9,560,266      5,594,516     3,220,688     15,161,149      118,893       35,192
                                             ------------   ------------   -----------   ------------   ----------   ----------
      Total contributions                      18,761,557     12,000,716     7,189,343     33,817,596      301,119       88,312
                                             ------------   ------------   -----------   ------------   ----------   ----------
INTERFUND TRANSFERS                           (17,220,198)       487,073    12,951,766     (8,117,377)   4,260,500    1,815,529
                                             ------------   ------------   -----------   ------------   ----------   ----------
INTEREST INCOME ON LOANS                                0              0             0              0            0            0
                                             ------------   ------------   -----------   ------------   ----------   ----------
AMOUNTS DISTRIBUTED TO PARTICIPANTS           (24,851,104)    (4,406,113)   (5,078,775)   (24,398,348)     (68,184)        (306)
                                             ------------   ------------   -----------   ------------   ----------   ----------
NEW LOANS ISSUED                               (3,342,774)    (1,442,150)     (711,181)    (4,092,585)      (9,093)     (27,049)
                                             ------------   ------------   -----------   ------------   ----------   ----------
LOAN PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS                         3,135,536      1,518,421       536,044      3,401,394       17,305        5,628
                                             ------------   ------------   -----------   ------------   ----------   ----------
FEES                                              (29,095)        (4,919)       (5,812)       (17,162)      (2,013)     (14,072)
                                             ------------   ------------   -----------   ------------   ----------   ----------
CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE
 FOR BENEFITS                                  (1,583,750)    18,873,885    27,318,181    105,053,979    4,936,482    1,912,994

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS,
 beginning of year                            315,821,811    145,130,363    62,371,121    370,021,766            0            0
                                             ------------   ------------   -----------   ------------   ----------   ----------
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS,
 end of year                                 $314,238,061   $164,004,248   $89,689,302   $475,075,745   $4,936,482   $1,912,994
                                             ============   ============   ===========   ============   ==========   ==========
<CAPTION>
                                                Money                                      Participants'
                                                Market     International    Unallocated        Loans
                                                Option         Option      Contributions     Receivable        Total
                                             -----------   -------------   -------------   -------------   --------------
<S>                                          <C>           <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>
INTEREST AND DIVIDENDS                       $ 2,260,953    $    785,412     $    29,592     $         0   $   31,961,516

NET APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) IN
 MARKET VALUE OF INVESTMENTS                           0       5,449,098               0               0      115,904,924

NET GAIN FROM MASTER TRUSTS                            0               0               0               0       10,720,857
                                             -----------    ------------     -----------     -----------   --------------
NET INVESTMENT INCOME                          2,260,953       6,234,510          29,592               0      158,587,297
                                             -----------    ------------     -----------     -----------   --------------
CONTRIBUTIONS:
 Participants                                  2,009,033       2,729,803       1,559,335               0       44,766,110
 Corporation                                   2,957,043       2,049,440       1,533,936               0       40,231,123
                                             -----------    ------------     -----------     -----------   --------------
      Total contributions                      4,966,076       4,779,243       3,093,271               0       84,997,233
                                             -----------    ------------     -----------     -----------   --------------
INTERFUND TRANSFERS                           22,925,104     (11,172,917)     (5,929,480)              0                0
                                             -----------    ------------     -----------     -----------   --------------
INTEREST INCOME ON LOANS                               0               0               0       2,057,714        2,057,714
                                             -----------    ------------     -----------     -----------   --------------
AMOUNTS DISTRIBUTED TO PARTICIPANTS           (8,125,315)     (3,036,200)              0      (2,237,932)     (72,202,277)
                                             -----------    ------------     -----------     -----------   --------------
NEW LOANS ISSUED                                (497,368)       (306,670)              0      10,428,870                0
                                             -----------    ------------     -----------     -----------   --------------
LOAN PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS                          335,603         318,450               0      (9,268,381)               0
                                             -----------    ------------     -----------     -----------   --------------
FEES                                              (8,160)         (3,068)              0               0          (84,301)
                                             -----------    ------------     -----------     -----------   --------------
CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE
 FOR BENEFITS                                 21,856,893      (3,186,652)     (2,806,617)        980,271      173,355,666

NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS,
 beginning of year                            41,532,816      42,878,302       5,935,718      23,283,930    1,006,975,827
                                             -----------    ------------     -----------     -----------   --------------
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS,
 end of year                                 $63,389,709    $ 39,691,650     $ 3,129,101     $24,264,201   $1,180,331,493
                                             ===========    ============     ===========     ===========   ==============
</TABLE>


         The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.
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                          GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION

                        SAVINGS AND CAPITAL GROWTH PLAN


                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES

                          DECEMBER 31, 1998 AND 1997


 1. ORGANIZATION AND PLAN DESCRIPTION

    The accompanying financial statements present the statements of net assets
    available for benefits and changes in net assets available for benefits of
    the Georgia-Pacific Corporation Savings and Capital Growth Plan (the
    "Plan").

    The Plan includes a savings component and a capital growth component. The
    savings component permits any eligible salaried employee to contribute up to
    10% of his/her compensation on a before-tax basis, not to exceed regulated
    maximums. The savings component's maximum employer matching contribution is
    3.75% of compensation consisting of $.75 for every $1.00 of before-tax
    contributions for the first 3% of compensation and $.50 for every $1.00 of
    before-tax contributions for the next 3% of compensation. The capital growth
    component provides for contributions by Georgia-Pacific Corporation (the
    "Corporation") to eligible salaried employees' accounts equal to 3% of the
    employee's eligible earnings, provided such contributions do not exceed
    $3,000 per year.

    Participants of the Plan are 100% vested in their employee contributions and
    capital growth contributions. Employees are vested in the Corporation's
    matching contributions at the rate of 20% for each year of service. The
    matching contributions also become 100% vested when an employee reaches age
    60, dies, or becomes disabled. In accordance with plan provisions,
    forfeitures are used to reduce employer matching contributions.

    Plan assets are held in trust funds and invested on the participant's
    behalf, with all investment earnings for each fund credited to the accounts
    of the participants based on their proportionate share of the fund. Vanguard
    Fiduciary Trust Company (the "Trustee") is the Trustee and custodian for the
    Plan.

 2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

    The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on the accrual
    basis of accounting. The preparation of the financial statements in
    conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires plan
    management to use estimates and assumptions that affect the net assets
    available for benefits and the changes therein. Actual results could differ
    from these estimates.
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    Certain reclassifications have been made to prior year amounts to conform
    with current year presentation.

    The Trustee performs daily valuations of the Plan's investments and makes
    daily distributions to retired or terminated participants.

    Investments are presented at market value. Market values of mutual funds are
    determined principally from quotations as reported on various securities
    exchanges.

    The net appreciation (depreciation) in the market value of investments in
    the accompanying statement of changes in net assets available for benefits
    reflects the net difference between the market value and cost at the
    beginning and end of the year for assets held throughout the year, as well
    as the difference between the year-end market value and cost for assets
    purchased during the year. For assets sold or distributed during the year,
    the net appreciation (depreciation) reflects the net difference between the
    market value and the cost at the beginning of the year and the date of
    disposition.

 3. INCOME TAX STATUS

    The Internal Revenue Service issued a determination letter dated July 22,
    1996 stating that the Plan was designed in accordance with applicable
    Internal Revenue Code ("IRC") requirements as of that date. Although the
    Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter, the plan
    administrator believes that the Plan is currently designed and is being
    operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC. The plan
    administrator believes that the Plan was qualified and the related trust was
    tax-exempt as of the financial statement dates.

 4. LOANS RECEIVABLE

    The Plan allows participants currently employed by the Corporation to obtain
    loans equal to the lesser of $50,000 or 50% of their total vested account
    balances. Loans bear interest at Bankers Trust Company's prime interest rate
    plus 1%. Loan repayments are generally made through payroll deductions and
    normally must be repaid within a five-year term. Loans become due and
    payable in full once a participant terminates employment. Loans totaling
    $10,428,870 were made in 1998.

 5. INVESTMENTS

    Assets held under the Plan were invested by the Trustee, as directed by the
    participants, in one or more of the following 18 investment options.

    The investment options are classified by the following categories on the
    statements of net assets available for benefits and the statement of changes
    in net assets available for benefits.
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    Fixed Income Options

    The general investment objective for these options is to provide a high
    level of current income.

    The Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Fund is principally invested in short-term
    government bills, notes, and bonds and has an average maturity of two to
    three years. The market value of the Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Fund
    investment at December 31, 1998 and 1997 of $283,990,395 and $300,380,688,
    respectively, exceeded 5% of net assets.

    The Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund invests in U.S. government bonds,
    high-quality corporate bonds, and mortgage-backed securities. The objective
    of the Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund is to approximate the
    performance of the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index.

    The Loomis Sayles Bond Fund--Institutional Class (new in 1998) is invested
    in bonds, including corporate and convertible bonds. This fund seeks to
    provide high total investment return through a combination of current income
    and capital appreciation.

    Company Stock Options

    The following are the two company stock funds available as investment
    options:

    The Georgia-Pacific Group Stock Fund is invested principally in shares of
    Georgia-Pacific Corporation -- Georgia-Pacific Group Common Stock ("Common
    Stock"). The market value of the Georgia-Pacific Group Stock Fund investment
    at December 31, 1998 and 1997 of $113,081,715 and $105,120,556,
    respectively, exceeded 5% of net assets on these dates.

    The Georgia-Pacific Timber Stock Fund is invested principally in shares of
    Georgia-Pacific Corporation -- Timber Group Common Stock.

    Balanced Options

    The objectives of these options are to conserve principal, to pay current
    income, and to achieve long-term growth of principal and income by investing
    in a combination of stocks, bonds, and cash reserves.

    The Balanced Fund was invested approximately 50% in the Vanguard Total Bond
    Market Index Fund and 50% in the Vanguard 500 Index Fund. The Vanguard Total
    Bond Market Index Fund is described under the Fixed Income Options, and the
    Vanguard 500 Index Trust is described under Growth and Income Options. All
    assets of this fund were transferred to the Vanguard Balanced Index Fund as
    of July 1, 1998.

    The Vanguard LifeStrategy Income Fund (new in 1998) is invested in four
    Vanguard funds:  a stock fund, two bond funds, and an asset allocation fund.
    This fund seeks to provide a high level of income.

    The Vanguard LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund (new in 1998) is invested in
    four Vanguard funds: an international stock fund, a stock fund, a bond fund,

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                                      -4-

    and an asset allocation fund. This fund seeks to provide a reasonable level
    of income and long-term growth of capital.

    The Vanguard LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund (new in 1998) is invested
    in five Vanguard funds: a stock fund, an international stock fund, two bond
    funds, and an asset allocation fund. This fund seeks to provide a high level
    of income and a moderate long-term growth of capital.

    The Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund (new in 1998) is invested in four
    Vanguard funds: a stock fund, an international stock fund, a bond fund, and
    an asset allocation fund. This fund seeks to provide long-term growth of
    capital and income.

    The Vanguard Balanced Index Fund (new in 1998) is invested in two Vanguard
    funds:  60% in a stock fund and 40% in a bond fund.  This option seeks to
    provide income and long-term growth of capital.

    Growth and Income Options

    The goal of these options is to achieve long-term growth of principal and
    income and reasonable current income.

    The Vanguard 500 Index Fund is invested in all of the 500 stocks included in
    the Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Stock Price Index in approximately the
    same proportion as represented in the index. The objective of this fund is
    to approximate the performance of the Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Stock
    Price Index. The investment market value of the fund at December 31, 1998
    and 1997 of $469,067,389 and $401,393,546, respectively, exceeded 5% of net
    assets.

    The Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund (new in 1998) is invested in a
    large sample of stocks that matches certain characteristics of the Wilshire
    5000 Equity Index. The investment objective of this fund is to provide long-
    term growth of capital and income.

    The Vanguard Windsor II Fund (new in 1998) is invested in a diversified
    group of out-of-favor stocks of large capitalization companies. This fund's
    objective is to provide long-term growth of capital and income from
    dividends.

    Growth Options

    The objective of these options is to achieve long-term growth of capital;
    dividend income is incidental.

    The Vanguard Extended Market Fund (new in 1998) seeks to match the
    performance of the Wilshire 4500 Equity Index.  This fund seeks to provide
    long-term growth of capital.

    The Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund (new in 1998) is invested in stocks of companies
    with above-average prospects for continued earnings growth, strong industry
    positions, and skilled management teams.  This fund seeks to provide long-
    term growth of capital.
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    Aggressive Growth Options

    The goal of this option is to achieve maximum long-term capital growth by
    investing in stocks of small companies or narrow market segments.

    The Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund (new in 1998) is invested in a large
    sample of stocks that match certain characteristics of the Russell 2000
    Index Stocks. This fund seeks to provide long-term growth of capital.

    Money Market Option

    The goal of this option is to provide maximum current income consistent with
    preservation of capital and liquidity.

    The Vanguard Treasury Money Market Fund is invested exclusively in U.S.
    government obligations.

    International Option

    The goal of this option is to achieve long-term growth of capital by
    investing in the stocks of companies located outside the United States.

    The Vanguard International Growth Fund invests primarily in the stocks of
    companies based outside the United States.  This fund seeks to provide long-
    term capital appreciation.

 6. MASTER TRUST

    Effective June 8, 1994, the assets of the Georgia-Pacific Stock Fund were
    transferred into the Georgia-Pacific Stock Fund Master Trust (the "Master
    Trust"). The Master Trust was established to hold, administer, and invest
    the assets of the Georgia-Pacific Stock Funds of certain defined
    contribution plans qualified under Internal Revenue Code Section 401(k).
    These plans are administered by Georgia-Pacific Corporation. Each
    participating plan's interest in the Master Trust was based on the market
    value of assets transferred.

    On December 16, 1997, the shareholders of Georgia-Pacific Corporation
    approved the conversion of all Georgia-Pacific Common Stock into Georgia-
    Pacific Corporation -- Georgia-Pacific Group Common Stock to distribute one
    share of a new class of Common Stock, Georgia-Pacific Corporation -- Timber
    Group Common Stock. As a result, the assets of the Master Trust were
    transferred on a pro rata basis in the newly created Georgia-Pacific Group
    Stock Fund Master Trust ("Group Master Trust") and the Georgia-Pacific
    Timber Stock Fund Master Trust ("Timber Master Trust").

    The market values of the Master Trusts are allocated to the individual
    participating plans based on the relative value of the assets of each Plan.
    Interest income, dividends, and gains and losses (both realized and
    unrealized) are allocated daily to the individual participating plans based
    on the relative market values at the beginning of each day.

    The Plan's interest in the assets of the Georgia-Pacific Group Stock Fund
    Master Trust is included in the accompanying schedule of assets held for
    investment purposes under the "Georgia-Pacific Group Stock Fund Master
<PAGE>

                                      -6-

    Trust." A summary of the Group Master Trust as of December 31, 1998 and 1997
    is shown below:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                 1998                1997
                                                                             ------------        ------------
     <S>                                                                     <C>                 <C>
     Investments, at market:
      Georgia-Pacific Corporation -- Georgia-Pacific
       Group Common Stock                                                    $146,850,740        $125,351,793
      Vanguard Treasury Money Market Fund                                       1,381,097           1,849,416
                                                                             ------------        ------------
            Total investments                                                 148,231,837         127,201,209
                                                                             ------------        ------------
     Receivables:
      Interest                                                                      3,582               3,632
      Other receivables                                                           689,745             544,309
                                                                             ------------        ------------
            Total receivables                                                     693,327             547,941
                                                                             ------------        ------------
     Less payables                                                                963,513             402,984
                                                                             ------------        ------------
     Net assets of the Group Master Trust                                    $147,961,651        $127,346,166
                                                                             ============        ============
</TABLE>

    A summary of net appreciation of the Georgia-Pacific Group Stock Fund
    Master Trust, which comprises the net investment gain for all participating
    plans for the year ending December 31, 1998, is shown below:

     Interest and dividends                                     $2,402,760
     Net appreciation in market value of investments             4,994,691
     Investment expense                                            (93,780)
                                                                ----------
     Net investment gain from Group Master Trust                $7,303,671
                                                                ==========

    Allocations to participating plans of net investment gain for the year
    ending December 31, 1998 and of net assets as of December 31, 1998 and 1997
    are shown below for the Georgia-Pacific Group Stock Fund Master Trust:

     Georgia-Pacific Corporation Savings and
      Capital Growth Plan                                       $5,601,460
     Other plan                                                  1,702,211
                                                                ----------
     Net investment gain from Group Master Trust                $7,303,671
                                                                ==========

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                    1998                                1997
                                                            ----------------------------        ----------------------------
                                                               Amount            Percent           Amount            Percent
                                                            ------------         -------        ------------         -------
    <S>                                                     <C>                  <C>            <C>                  <C>
    Georgia-Pacific Corporation Savings and Capital
      Growth Plan                                           $113,081,715          76.43%        $105,120,556          82.55%
    Other plan                                                34,879,936          23.57           22,225,610          17.45
                                                            ------------         ------         ------------         ------
    Net assets of the Group Master Trust                    $147,961,651         100.00%        $127,346,166         100.00%
                                                            ============         ======         ============         ======
</TABLE>

    The Plan's interest in the assets of the Timber Master Trust is included in
    the accompanying schedule of assets held for investment purposes under the

<PAGE>

                                      -7-

    "Georgia-Pacific Timber Stock Fund Master Trust." A summary of the Timber
    Master Trust as of December 31, 1998 and 1997 is shown below:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                   1998              1997
                                                                               -----------        -----------
<S>                                                                            <C>                <C>
    Investments, at market:
     Georgia-Pacific Corporation -- Timber Group Common Stock                  $62,553,056        $47,414,697
     Vanguard Treasury Money Market Fund                                         1,461,611            750,524
                                                                               -----------        -----------
           Total investments                                                    64,014,667         48,165,221
                                                                               -----------        -----------
    Receivables:
     Interest                                                                        2,917              1,472
     Other receivables                                                             189,768            977,097
                                                                               -----------        -----------
           Total receivables                                                       192,685            978,569
                                                                               -----------        -----------
    Less payables                                                                1,444,229            689,642
                                                                               -----------        -----------
    Net assets of the Timber Master Trust                                      $62,763,123        $48,454,148
                                                                               ===========        ===========
</TABLE>

    A summary of income and net appreciation of the Timber Master Trust, which
    comprises the net investment gain for all participating plans for the year
    ending December 31, 1998, is shown below:

     Interest and dividends                                     $2,498,741
     Net appreciation in market value of investments             3,744,405
     Investment expense                                            (59,636)
                                                                ----------
     Net investment gain from Timber Master Trust               $6,183,510
                                                                ==========

    Allocations to participating plans of net investment gain for the year
    ending December 31, 1998 and of net assets as of December 31, 1998 and 1997
    are shown below for the Timber Master Trust:

     Georgia-Pacific Corporation Savings and
      Capital Growth Plan                                       $5,119,397
     Other plan                                                  1,064,113
                                                                ----------
     Net investment gain from Timber Master Trust               $6,183,510
                                                                ==========

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                           1998                               1997
                                                               ---------------------------        ---------------------------
                                                                  Amount           Percent          Amount            Percent
                                                               -----------         -------        -----------         -------
     <S>                                                       <C>                 <C>            <C>                 <C>
     Georgia-Pacific Corporation Savings and Capital
      Growth Plan                                              $50,922,533          81.13%        $40,009,807          82.57%
     Other plan                                                 11,840,590          18.87           8,444,341          17.43
                                                               -----------         ------         -----------         ------
     Net assets of the Timber Master Trust                     $62,763,123         100.00%        $48,454,148         100.00%
                                                               ===========         ======         ===========         ======
</TABLE>
<PAGE>

                                      -8-

 7. CONTRIBUTIONS

    Contributions to the Plan include the Corporation's required capital growth
    contributions, voluntary employee savings contributions and rollovers, and
    matching contributions by the Corporation with respect to certain of the
    employee contributions (Note 1).

    Contributions are transferred to the Trustee twice a month and invested in
    the Vanguard Treasury Money Market Fund until they can be credited to
    participants' accounts and invested in accordance with participants'
    investment elections.  Earnings on the short-term investments are allocated
    to participants' accounts twice each year.

 8. WITHDRAWALS AND TERMINATION

    Under the Plan, a participant may withdraw all or a portion of his/her
    account balance related to his/her after-tax contributions at any time but
    is limited to one withdrawal per year. For withdrawals of after-tax
    contributions made in 1987 or later, a portion of such withdrawals will be
    treated as investment income, subject to income taxes in the year received.
    Contributions excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes can
    be withdrawn only in the case of a financial hardship and are subject to
    taxes in the year received. The withdrawals (either full or partial) are
    paid in cash. Withdrawals of before-tax contributions result in a suspension
    of the right to make employee contributions to the Plan for a period of at
    least 12 months.

    In the event of a participant's death, retirement, or disability, the
    participant or his/her beneficiary may elect to receive his/her entire
    account balance in cash and/or Georgia-Pacific Corporation -- Group Common
    Stock or Georgia-Pacific Corporation -- Timber Group Common Stock.
    Alternatively, participants may elect an annuity option. If termination
    occurs for other reasons, only vested amounts are distributed to the
    participant, and nonvested amounts are forfeited. Such forfeitures are used
    to reduce the Corporation's future contributions. If a former participant
    returns to the employment of the Corporation within five years of the
    termination date, previously forfeited amounts are reinstated to the
    participant's account.

 9. PLAN TERMINATION

    The Corporation has reserved the right to amend, modify, suspend, or
    terminate the Plan at any time.  In the event the Corporation terminates the
    Plan, each participant's account balance would be fully vested.

10. RECONCILIATION TO THE FORM 5500

    As of December 31, 1998, the Plan had approximately $3,705,288 of pending
    distributions to participants who elected to withdraw from the Plan. These
    amounts are recorded as a liability in the Plan's Form 5500; however, these
    amounts are not recorded as a liability in the accompanying statements of
    net assets available for plan benefits in accordance with generally accepted
    accounting principles.
<PAGE>

                                      -9-

    The following table reconciles net assets available for benefits at December
    31, 1998 and distributions to participants for the year ended December 31,
    1998 per the financial statements to the Form 5500 to be filed by the
    Corporation:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                Amounts            Net Assets
                                                                              Distributed           Available
                                                              Benefits             to                  for
                                                              Payable         Participants           Benefits
                                                             ----------       ------------        --------------
     <S>                                                     <C>               <C>                <C>
     Per financial statements                                $        0        $72,202,277        $1,180,331,493
     1998 accrued benefit payments                            3,705,288          3,705,288            (3,705,288)
                                                             ----------        -----------        --------------
     Per Form 5500                                           $3,705,288        $75,907,565        $1,176,626,205
                                                             ==========        ===========        ==============
</TABLE>

11. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

    Effective January 1, 1999, the Plan was amended to allow participants to
    contribute up to 15% of their compensation on a before-tax basis not to
    exceed regulated maximums.  Employees may begin to contribute after three
    months of employment.  There is no change to the employer contribution which
    matches contributions after one year of service.
<PAGE>

                                                                      SCHEDULE I

          GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION SAVINGS AND CAPITAL GROWTH PLAN


          ITEM 27a---SCHEDULE OF ASSETS HELD FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES

                               DECEMBER 31, 1998




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             Shares
                                                                            or Face                     Current
                                                                             Amount        Cost          Value
                                                                           ----------  ------------  --------------
<C>  <S>                                                                   <C>         <C>           <C>
   FIXED INCOME OPTIONS:
*    Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Fund                                     27,385,785  $278,821,320  $  283,990,595
*    Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund                                  2,816,657    28,369,241      28,927,070
     Loomis Sayles Bond Fund--Institutional Class                             110,493     1,382,427       1,320,396
                                                                                       ------------  --------------
          Total fixed income options                                                    308,572,988     314,238,061
                                                                                       ------------  --------------
   COMPANY STOCK OPTIONS:
*    Georgia-Pacific Timber Stock Fund Master Trust                        12,931,309   100,344,521     113,081,715
*    Georgia-Pacific Group Stock Fund Master Trust                         14,368,660    45,836,590      50,922,533
                                                                                       ------------  --------------
          Total company stock options                                                   146,181,111     164,004,248
                                                                                       ------------  --------------
   BALANCED OPTIONS:
*    Vanguard Balanced Index Fund                                           4,357,371    77,892,110      80,524,208
*    Vanguard LifeStrategy Income Fund                                         93,304     1,236,037       1,233,485
*    Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund                                        148,053     2,653,192       2,781,912
*    Vanguard LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund                           132,357     1,899,995       1,946,974
*    Vanguard LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund                               189,960     3,097,852       3,202,723
                                                                                       ------------  --------------
          Total balanced options                                                         86,779,186      89,689,302
                                                                                       ------------  --------------
   GROWTH AND INCOME OPTIONS:
*    Vanguard 500 Index Fund                                                4,116,432   282,975,604     469,067,389
*    Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund                                    62,302     1,613,365       1,708,332
*    Vanguard Windsor II Fund                                                 144,054     4,551,365       4,300,024
                                                                                       ------------  --------------
          Total growth and income options                                               289,140,334     475,075,745
                                                                                       ------------  --------------
   GROWTH OPTIONS:
*    Vanguard Extended Market Fund                                             21,922       679,074         671,239
*    Vanguard PRIMECAP Fund                                                    89,493     3,947,559       4,265,243
                                                                                       ------------  --------------
          Total growth options                                                            4,626,633       4,936,482
                                                                                       ------------  --------------
   AGGRESSIVE GROWTH OPTION:
*    Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund                                             90,235     1,940,932       1,912,994
                                                                                       ------------  --------------
   MONEY MARKET OPTION:
*    Vanguard Treasury Money Market Fund                                   63,389,709    63,389,709      63,389,709
                                                                                       ------------  --------------
   INTERNATIONAL OPTION:
*    Vanguard International Growth Fund                                     2,114,632    36,469,373      39,691,650
                                                                                       ------------  --------------
   UNALLOCATED CONTRIBUTIONS:
*    Vanguard Treasury Money Market Fund                                       35,830        35,830          35,830
                                                                                       ------------  --------------
   PARTICIPANTS' LOANS RECEIVABLE (INTEREST RATES RANGE FROM 7% TO 12%)                  24,264,201      24,264,201
                                                                                       ------------  --------------
          Total investments                                                            $961,400,297  $1,177,238,222
                                                                                       ============  ==============
</TABLE>

                 * Represents a party in interest to the Plan.

         The accompanying notes are an integral part of this schedule.
<PAGE>

                                                                     SCHEDULE II

         GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION SAVINGS AND CAPITAL GROWTH PLAN

                    ITEM 27b - SCHEDULE OF LOANS IN DEFAULT

                               DECEMBER 31, 1998

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                Amount
                     Original  Received
   Identity of        Amount    During                                                     Amount
    Obligator        of Loans   Year (a)          Detailed Description of Loan            Overdue (a)
- ----------------    ---------  ---------  --------------------------------------------   ------------
<S>                 <C>        <C>        <C>                                            <C>
Various plan                              Issued January 31, 1992 through August 11,
  participants       $546,865  $19,660       1997; interest rates 7% to 12.5%             $233,724

</TABLE>

                 (a) Amount includes principal and interest.

         The accompanying notes are an integral part of this schedule.

<PAGE>



                                                                    SCHEDULE III

          GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION SAVINGS AND CAPITAL GROWTH PLAN


               ITEM 27D--SCHEDULE OF REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS (a)

                      FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                 Purchases                                   Sales
                                        --------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------
                                          Number of                   Number of                                    Gain
                                         Transactions     Amount     Transactions      Cost        Proceeds       (Loss)
                                        -------------  ------------  ------------  -----------   ------------  -----------
<S>                                      <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
*   VANGUARD SHORT-TERM TREASURY FUND         256      $ 70,928,220      252       $ 91,536,932  $ 92,381,129  $   844,197

*   VANGUARD 500 INDEX FUND                   252       119,127,547      252        117,076,394   145,925,178   28,848,784

*   VANGUARD TREASURY MONEY MARKET FUND       256        96,353,078      252         77,536,274    77,536,274            0

*   VANGUARD BALANCED INDEX FUND              110        88,058,422      119          9,914,434     9,662,557     (251,877)
</TABLE>



*Represents a party in interest to the Plan.

(a) The above represents a series of transactions in securities of the same
    issue in excess of 5% of the plan assets at the beginning of the year.

         The accompanying notes are an integral part of this schedule.


<PAGE>


                                  SIGNATURES

The Plan

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have
duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.


                     GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION SAVINGS AND CAPITAL GROWTH PLAN


                     BY:  GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION, AS PLAN ADMINISTRATOR



Date: June 29, 1999  By:  /s/ John F. McGovern
                          ---------------------------------------
                          John F. McGovern -
                          Executive Vice President
                          Finance and Chief Financial Officer



<PAGE>

                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS



 Exhibit
 Number                           Description
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   23       Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
















<PAGE>

                                                                      EXHIBIT 23

                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation of our
report included in this Form 11-K into Georgia-Pacific Corporation's previously
filed Registration Statement File No. 33-48328.



/s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Atlanta, Georgia
June 29, 1999


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