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                                                                    Exhibit 23.7
    

                     



                            SECURITIES DATA COMPANY



   
We hereby consent to the use of the information we provided for use in
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (No. 333-75321) relating
to the offering of Medium-Term Notes by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
and to the references to our name in Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement, including under the caption "Experts".
    




Securities Data Company,
A division of Thomson Information Services 



/s/ Kenneth J. Seng
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Kenneth J. Seng
Director, Account Management
& Client Training

   
April 13, 1999