THIS FILING LISTS SECURITIES HOLDINGS REPORTED ON THE FORM 13F FILED ON FEBRUARY
14, 2005 PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT AND FOR WHICH THAT
REQUEST WAS DENIED ON MAY 18, 2005.

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    Form 13F

                               Form 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 2004
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Check here if Amendment [X]; Amendment Number:   1
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  This Amendment (Check only one.):               [ ] is a restatement.
                                                  [X] adds new holdings entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name:             Berkshire Hathaway Inc.             
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Address:          1440 Kiewit Plaza                   
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                  Omaha, NE 68131                     
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Form 13F File Number:               28- 4545
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The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name:             Marc D. Hamburg         
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Title:            Vice President          
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Phone:            402-346-1400            
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Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

/s/ Marc D. Hamburg               Omaha, NE                       May 25, 2005
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[Signature]                       [City, State]                   [Date]

Report Type (Check only one.):
[ ]  13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager
     are reported in this report.)

[ ]  13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all
     holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)

[X]  13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this
     reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by
     other reporting manager(s).)

List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:

     Form 13F File Number        Name
     28- 5194                    General Re - New England Asset Management, Inc.
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                              Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE


Report Summary:


Number of Other Included Managers:                                           5 
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Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:                                      2
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total:                       $        236,756
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                                                                    (thousands)


List of Other Included Managers:



Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all
institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed,
other than the manager filing this report.

[If there are no entries in this list, state "NONE" and omit the column headings
and list entries.]



     NO.        FORM 13F FILE NUMBER            NAME
                                          
      1.        28-                             BH Columbia
      2.        28-554                          Buffett, Warren E.
      3.        28-1517                         Columbia Insurance Company
      4.        28-718                          National Indemnity Co.
      5.        28-717                          OBH Inc.




                             BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
                           Form 13F Information Table
                                December 31, 2004



                                                                                Column 6
                                                                         Investment Discretion                       Column 8
                                               Column 4     Column 5   --------------------------                Voting Authority
                      Column 2    Column 3      Market      Shares or                       (c)    Column 7   ----------------------
Column 1              Title of     CUSIP        Value       Principal   (a)  (b) Shared - Shared-   Other        (a)      (b)   (c)
Name of Issuer          Class      Number   (In Thousands)   Amount    Sole     Defined    Other   Managers      Sole    Shared None
--------------        --------  ----------- --------------  ---------  ----  ------------ ------- ----------  ---------  ------ ----
                                                                                               
Sun Trusts Banks Inc.    Com    867914 10 3     173,219     2,344,600            X                 2, 4, 5    2,344,600
                                                 63,537       860,000            X                1, 2, 3, 5    860,000
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                                               $236,756
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