Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
                                           Registration Statement No. 333-112367

   PRICING SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 373 DATED FEBRUARY 6,
                                2004 -- NO. 413
[GOLDMAN SACHS LOGO]
                         THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.
                          Medium-Term Notes, Series B
                           -------------------------
                                  $13,000,000
                            1.5% Exchangeable Notes
                                 due July 2009
                 (Exchangeable for Common Stock of Amgen Inc.)
                           -------------------------

     This pricing supplement and the accompanying prospectus supplement no. 373,
relating to the exchangeable notes, should be read together. Because the
exchangeable notes are part of a series of our debt securities called
Medium-Term Notes, Series B, this pricing supplement and the accompanying
prospectus supplement no. 373 should also be read with the accompanying
prospectus dated February 6, 2004, as supplemented by the accompanying
prospectus supplement dated February 6, 2004. Terms used here have the meanings
given them in the accompanying prospectus supplement no. 373, unless the context
requires otherwise.

     The exchangeable notes offered by this pricing supplement, which we call
the "notes" or the "offered notes", have the terms described in the accompanying
prospectus supplement no. 373, as supplemented or modified by the following:

ISSUER: The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

FACE AMOUNT: $13,000,000 in the aggregate for all the offered notes

ORIGINAL ISSUE PRICE: 100% of the face amount

NET PROCEEDS TO THE ISSUER: 99.65% of the face amount

TRADE DATE: July 15, 2004

SETTLEMENT DATE (ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE): July 22, 2004

STATED MATURITY DATE: July 22, 2009, unless extended for up to six business days

INTEREST RATE (COUPON): 1.5% each year

INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: January 22 and July 22 of each year, commencing on
January 22, 2005

REGULAR RECORD DATES: the business day before the related interest payment date
as long as the note is in global form

INDEX STOCK AND INDEX STOCK ISSUER: common stock of Amgen Inc.

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: on the stated maturity date, we will pay the holder of an
offered note cash equal to 100% of the outstanding face amount of the note,
unless the holder exercises the exchange right, we exercise the call right or an
automatic exchange occurs

EXCHANGE RATE: 14.2700 shares of index stock for each $1,000 of outstanding face
amount exchanged, subject to anti-dilution adjustment. Upon any voluntary or
automatic exchange, we may, in our sole discretion, elect to pay the cash value
of the index stock we would otherwise be obligated to deliver, as described in
the accompanying prospectus supplement no. 373

EARLIEST CALL DATE; REDEMPTION PRICE: we may, in our sole discretion, redeem the
offered notes at any time after July 22, 2006, at a redemption price equal to
100% of the outstanding face amount, provided, however, that the holder will be
entitled to the benefit, if any, of an automatic exchange. If we call the
offered notes, we will give notice to the holders not less than 5 nor more than
15 business days before the call date

REFERENCE PRICE OF INDEX STOCK: $56.174 per share

DENOMINATIONS: Face amount of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof

CUSIP NO.: 38143UAN1

     Your investment in the notes involves certain risks. In particular,
assuming no changes in market conditions or any other relevant factors, the
value of your note on the date of this pricing supplement (as determined by
reference to pricing models used by Goldman, Sachs & Co.) is significantly less
than the original issue price. We encourage you to read "Additional Risk Factors
Specific to Your Note" beginning on page S-2 of this pricing supplement and on
page S-3 of the accompanying prospectus supplement no. 373 so that you may
better understand those risks.
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     NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY OTHER REGULATORY
BODY HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY
OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PRICING SUPPLEMENT. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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Goldman Sachs may use this pricing supplement in the initial sale of the offered
notes. In addition, Goldman, Sachs & Co. or any other affiliate of Goldman Sachs
may use this pricing supplement in a market-making transaction in an offered
note after its initial sale. UNLESS GOLDMAN SACHS OR ITS AGENT INFORMS THE
PURCHASER OTHERWISE IN THE CONFIRMATION OF SALE, THIS PRICING SUPPLEMENT IS
BEING USED IN A MARKET-MAKING TRANSACTION.

                              GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
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                    Pricing Supplement dated July 15, 2004.


EXPIRATION OF EXCHANGE
RIGHT:                          If a holder wishes to exercise the exchange
                                right, the required deliveries described in the
                                accompanying prospectus supplement no. 373 under
                                "General Terms of the Exchangeable
                                Notes -- Holder's Exchange Right -- Exercise
                                Requirements" must be made no later than 11:00
                                A.M., New York City time, on the business day
                                before the determination date or any call notice
                                date, whichever is earlier.

NO LISTING:                     The offered notes will not be listed on any
                                securities exchange or interdealer market
                                quotation system.

ADDITIONAL RISK FACTORS
  SPECIFIC TO YOUR NOTE:        ASSUMING NO CHANGES IN MARKET CONDITIONS OR ANY
                                OTHER RELEVANT FACTORS, THE VALUE OF YOUR NOTE
                                ON THE DATE OF THIS PRICING SUPPLEMENT (AS
                                DETERMINED BY REFERENCE TO PRICING MODELS USED
                                BY GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.) IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS
                                THAN THE ORIGINAL ISSUE PRICE

                                The value or quoted price of your note at any
                                time, however, will reflect many factors and
                                cannot be predicted. If Goldman, Sachs & Co.
                                makes a market in the offered notes, the price
                                quoted by Goldman, Sachs & Co. would reflect any
                                changes in market conditions and other relevant
                                factors, and the quoted price could be higher or
                                lower than the original issue price, and may be
                                higher or lower than the value of your note as
                                determined by reference to pricing models used
                                by Goldman, Sachs & Co.

                                If at any time a third party dealer quotes a
                                price to purchase your note or otherwise values
                                your note, that price may be significantly
                                different (higher or lower) than any price
                                quoted by Goldman, Sachs & Co. You should read
                                "Additional Risk Factors Specific to Your
                                Note -- The Market Price of Your Note May Be
                                Influenced by Many Unpredictable Factors" in the
                                accompanying prospectus supplement no. 373.

                                Furthermore, if you sell your note, you will
                                likely be charged a commission for secondary
                                market transactions, or the price will likely
                                reflect a dealer discount.

                                There is no assurance that Goldman, Sachs & Co.
                                or any other party will be willing to purchase
                                your note; and, in this regard, Goldman, Sachs &
                                Co. is not obligated to make a market in the
                                notes. See "Additional Risk Factors Specific to
                                Your Note -- Your Note May Not Have an Active
                                Trading Market" in the accompanying prospectus
                                supplement no. 373.

AMGEN INC.:                     According to its publicly available documents,
                                Amgen Inc. is a global biotechnology company
                                that discovers, develops, manufactures, and
                                markets human therapeutics based on advances in
                                cellular and molecular biology. Information
                                filed with the SEC by the index stock issuer
                                under the Exchange Act can be located by
                                referencing its SEC file number: 000-12477.

                                       S-2


HISTORICAL TRADING PRICE
  INFORMATION:                  The index stock is traded on the NASDAQ Stock
                                Market under the symbol "AMGN". The following
                                table shows the quarterly high and low trading
                                prices and the quarterly closing prices for the
                                index stock on the NASDAQ Stock Market for the
                                four calendar quarters in each of 2002 and 2003
                                and for the three calendar quarters in 2004,
                                through July 15, 2004. We obtained the trading
                                price information shown below from Bloomberg
                                Financial Services, without independent
                                verification.

                                The actual performance of the index stock over
                                the life of the offered notes may bear little
                                relation to the historical trading prices of the
                                index stock shown below.

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                                                       HIGH      LOW     CLOSE
                                                                                       ----      ---     -----
                                                                                                
                                          2002
                                            Quarter ended March 31...................  62.94    53.28    59.68
                                            Quarter ended June 30....................  61.48    36.731   41.88
                                            Quarter ended September 30...............  48.922   30.57    41.7
                                            Quarter ended December 31................  53.02    41.98    48.34
                                          2003
                                            Quarter ended March 31...................  59.06    48.09    57.55
                                            Quarter ended June 30....................  67.54    56.9     65.94
                                            Quarter ended September 30...............  72.37    63.61    64.52
                                            Quarter ended December 31................  67.5     56.76    61.79
                                          2004
                                            Quarter ended March 31...................  66.88    57.79    58.15
                                            Quarter ended June 30....................  60.8     52.15    54.57
                                            Quarter ending September 30 (through July
                                              15, 2004)..............................  56.3     53.22    56
                                            Closing price on July 15, 2004...........                    56
</Table>

                                As indicated above, the market price of the
                                index stock has been highly volatile during
                                recent periods. It is impossible to predict
                                whether the price of the index stock will rise
                                or fall, and you should not view the historical
                                prices of the index stock as an indication of
                                future performance. See "Additional Risk Factors
                                Specific to Your Note -- The Market Price of
                                Your Note May Be Influenced by Many
                                Unpredictable Factors" in the accompanying
                                prospectus supplement no. 373.

HYPOTHETICAL RETURNS TABLE:     In the table below, we compare the total pretax
                                return on owning the index stock to the total
                                pretax return on owning your note, in each case
                                during the period from the trade date to the
                                stated maturity date. The information in the
                                table is based on hypothetical market values for
                                the index stock and your note at the end of this
                                period, and on the key terms and assumptions
                                stated in the box below.

                                       S-3


                                The index stock has been highly volatile in the
                                past and its performance cannot be predicted for
                                any future period. The actual performance of the
                                index stock over the life of the offered notes,
                                as well as the amount payable at maturity, may
                                bear little relation to the historical trading
                                prices of the index stock shown above or to the
                                hypothetical return examples shown below.

                                             KEY TERMS AND ASSUMPTIONS

<Table>
                                                                                        
                                          Original issue price, expressed as a percentage
                                            of the face amount...........................               100%
                                          Exchange rate..................................     14.2700 shares
                                          Reference price of index stock.................  $56.174 per share
                                          Annual index stock dividend yield, expressed as
                                            a percentage of the reference price of the
                                            index stock (assumed)........................               0.0%
                                          Automatic exchange in full on the stated
                                            maturity date -- i.e., no prior redemption or
                                            voluntary exchange (assumed)
                                          No anti-dilution adjustments to exchange rate
                                            (assumed)
                                          No market disruption event occurs (assumed)
</Table>

                                We calculate the total pretax return on your
                                note based on the exchange rate of 14.2700
                                shares of the index stock for each $1,000 of the
                                outstanding face amount of your note.

                                The closing price of the index stock must be, on
                                the determination date, more than $70.0771 per
                                share in order for the holder of a note to
                                receive stock or cash having a value in excess
                                of the principal amount (100% of the outstanding
                                face amount) on the stated maturity date. This
                                closing price is substantially higher than the
                                reference price of $56.174 per share.

                                The following table assumes that dividends will
                                be paid on the index stock, at the annual index
                                stock dividend yield shown in the box above,
                                from the trade date to the stated maturity date.
                                We do not know, however, whether or to what
                                extent the issuer of the index stock will pay
                                dividends in the future. These are matters that
                                will be determined by the issuer of the index
                                stock and not by us. Consequently, the amount of
                                dividends actually paid on the index stock by
                                its issuer, and, therefore, the rate of pretax
                                return on the index

                                       S-4


                                stock during the life of the offered notes, may
                                differ substantially from the information
                                reflected in the table below.

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                           INDEX STOCK                               YOUR NOTE
                                          ----------------------------------------------   ------------------------------
                                                           HYPOTHETICAL                     HYPOTHETICAL
                                          HYPOTHETICAL   CLOSING PRICE ON                  MARKET VALUE ON
                                          CLOSING PRICE  STATED MATURITY    HYPOTHETICAL   STATED MATURITY   HYPOTHETICAL
                                            ON STATED      DATE AS % OF     PRETAX TOTAL    DATE AS % OF     PRETAX TOTAL
                                          MATURITY DATE  REFERENCE PRICE       RETURN        FACE AMOUNT        RETURN
                                          -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                 
                                          $ 0.00                 0.0%           -100.0%          100.0%           7.5%
                                          $28.09                50.0%            -50.0%          100.0%           7.5%
                                          $39.32                70.0%            -30.0%          100.0%           7.5%
                                          $56.17               100.0%              0.0%          100.0%           7.5%
                                          $67.41               120.0%             20.0%          100.0%           7.5%
                                          $70.0771            124.75%            24.75%          100.0%           7.5%
                                          $73.03               130.0%             30.0%          104.2%          11.7%
                                          $84.26               150.0%             50.0%          120.2%          27.7%
                                          $101.11              180.0%             80.0%          144.3%          51.8%
                                          $112.35              200.0%            100.0%          160.3%          67.8%
</Table>

                                The hypothetical pretax total return on the
                                index stock represents the difference between
                                (a) the hypothetical closing price of one share
                                of index stock on the stated maturity date plus
                                the dividends that would be paid on one share of
                                the index stock at the assumed dividend yield
                                rate during the period from the trade date to
                                the stated maturity date, without reinvestment
                                of those dividends, and (b) the reference price
                                of the index stock. This difference is expressed
                                as a percentage of the reference price.

                                The hypothetical pretax total return on your
                                note represents the difference between (a) the
                                hypothetical market value of your note on the
                                stated maturity date plus the amount of interest
                                that would be payable on your note during the
                                period from the trade date to the stated
                                maturity date (or to the prior interest payment
                                date as described below), without reinvestment
                                of that interest, and (b) the original issue
                                price of your note. This difference is expressed
                                as a percentage of the original issue price of
                                your note.

                                We have assumed that the market value of your
                                note on the stated maturity date will equal the
                                greater of the principal amount (100% of
                                outstanding face amount) of your note and the
                                cash value (based on the hypothetical closing
                                prices shown above) of the index stock that we
                                would be obligated to deliver on that date in an
                                automatic exchange of your note. There will be
                                no automatic exchange on the stated maturity
                                date, however, unless that cash value exceeds
                                the sum of the outstanding principal amount plus
                                the amount of the regular interest installment
                                payable on your note on that date. Moreover, if
                                an automatic exchange occurs, the holder of your
                                note will not be entitled to receive that
                                interest installment (as a result, where the
                                hypothetical market value

                                       S-5


                                of your note is assumed to equal the automatic
                                exchange amount, the hypothetical total return
                                on your note is assumed to include interest
                                accruing only to the interest payment date
                                before the stated maturity date). Therefore, we
                                have assumed that, unless that cash value
                                exceeds that sum, the market value of your note
                                on the stated maturity date will equal the
                                principal amount.

                                We have also assumed that the closing price of
                                the index stock will be the same on the
                                determination date and the stated maturity date.
                                Because the amount of stock that we will deliver
                                on your note on the stated maturity date will
                                depend on the closing price of the index stock
                                on the determination date, changes in the
                                closing price between the determination date and
                                the stated maturity date could cause the pretax
                                returns on your note to be substantially
                                different from those reflected in the table
                                above.

                                The actual market value of your note on the
                                stated maturity date or at any other time,
                                including any time you may wish to sell your
                                note, may bear little or no relation to the
                                hypothetical values shown above, and those
                                values should not be viewed as an indication of
                                the financial return on an investment in the
                                offered notes or on an investment in the index
                                stock. The pretax rates of return shown above
                                are entirely hypothetical; they are based on
                                market values that may not be achieved on the
                                relevant date and on assumptions that may prove
                                to be erroneous and do not take into account the
                                effects of any applicable taxes. Please read
                                "Additional Risk Factors Specific to Your Note"
                                and "Hypothetical Returns on Your Note" in the
                                accompanying prospectus supplement no. 373.

                                Payments on this note are economically
                                equivalent to the amounts that would be paid on
                                a combination of other instruments. For example,
                                payments on the note are economically equivalent
                                to the amounts that would be paid on a
                                combination of an interest-bearing bond and an
                                option, in each case, bought by the holder (with
                                an implicit option premium paid over time by the
                                holder). The discussion in this paragraph does
                                not modify or affect the terms of the note or
                                the United States income tax treatment of the
                                note as described under "Supplemental Discussion
                                of Federal Income Tax Consequences" in the
                                accompanying prospectus supplement no. 373.

HEDGING:                        In anticipation of the sale of the offered
                                notes, we and/or our affiliates have entered
                                into hedging transactions involving purchases of
                                the index stock on the trade date. For a
                                description of how our hedging and other trading
                                activities may affect the value of your note,
                                see "Additional Risk Factors Specific to Your
                                Note -- Our Business Activities May Create
                                Conflicts of Interest Between You and Us" and
                                "Use of Proceeds and Hedging" in the
                                accompanying prospectus supplement no. 373.

                                       S-6


                               NOTICE OF EXCHANGE

                                                                DATED:
The Bank of New York
Corporate Trust Administration
101 Barclay Street, 21W
New York, New York 10286
Attn: Caroline Hyunji Lee (212-815-4991)
      Hector Herrera      (212-815-4293)
                          Fax: (212-815-5802)

with a copy to:

Goldman, Sachs & Co.
85 Broad Street
Options and Derivatives Operations
New York, New York 10004
Attn: Sharon Seibold   (212-902-7921)
      Stephen Barnitz  (212-357-4217)
                       Fax: (212-902-7993)

     Re: 1.5% Exchangeable Notes due July 2009, issued by The Goldman Sachs
Group, Inc.
       (Exchangeable for Common Stock of Amgen Inc.)

Dear Sirs:

The undersigned is, or is acting on behalf of, the beneficial owner of a portion
of one of the notes specified above, which portion has an outstanding face
amount equal to or greater than the amount set forth at the end of this notice
of exchange. The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the exchange
right described in the pricing supplement no. 413, dated July 15, 2004, to the
prospectus supplement no. 373, dated February 6, 2004, with respect to the
outstanding face amount of the note set forth at the end of this notice of
exchange. The exercise is to be effective on the business day on which the
trustee has received this notice of exchange, together with all other items
required to be delivered on exercise, and the calculation agent has received a
copy of this notice of exchange, unless all required items have not been
received by 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on that business day, in which case
the exercise will be effective as of the next business day. We understand,
however, that the effective date in all cases must be no later than the earlier
of (i) the business day before the determination date and (ii) any call notice
date. The effective date will be the exchange notice date.

If the note to be exchanged is in global form, the undersigned is delivering
this notice of exchange to the trustee and to the calculation agent, in each
case by facsimile transmission to the relevant number stated above, or such
other number as the trustee or calculation agent may have designated for this
purpose to the holder. In addition, the beneficial interest in the face amount
indicated below is being transferred on the books of the depositary to an
account of the trustee at the depositary.

If the note to be exchanged is not in global form, the undersigned or the
beneficial owner is the holder of the note and is delivering this notice of
exchange to the trustee and to the calculation agent by facsimile transmission
as described above. In addition, the certificate representing the note and any
payment required in respect of accrued interest are being delivered to the
trustee.

If the undersigned is not the beneficial owner of the note to be exchanged, the
undersigned hereby represents that it has been duly authorized by the beneficial
owner to act on behalf of the beneficial owner.

Terms used and not defined in this notice have the meanings given to them in the
pricing supplement no. 413, dated July 15, 2004, and the prospectus supplement
no. 373, dated February 6, 2004. The exchange of the note will be governed by
the terms of the note.


The calculation agent should internally acknowledge receipt of the copy of this
notice of exchange, in the place provided below, on the business day of receipt,
noting the date and time of receipt. The consideration to be delivered or paid
in the requested exchange should be made on the fifth business day after the
exchange notice date in accordance with the terms of the note.

Face amount of note to be exchanged:
$
  -----------------------------------------
  (must be a multiple of $1,000)

                                          Very truly yours,

                                          --------------------------------------
                                          (Name of beneficial owner or person
                                          authorized to act on its behalf)

                                          --------------------------------------
                                          (Title)

                                          --------------------------------------
                                          (Telephone No.)

                                          --------------------------------------
                                          (Fax No.)

                                          --------------------------------------
                                          (DTC participant account number for
                                          delivery of index stock, if any)

FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY:
Receipt of the above notice of exchange
is hereby acknowledged:
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO., as calculation agent

By:
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    (Title)

Date and time of receipt:

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(Date)

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(Time)