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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.3
    
                     



                            SECURITIES DATA COMPANY



   
We hereby consent to the use of the information we provided for use in Amendment
No. 2 to the Registration Statement (No. 333-75213) relating to the offering of
Debt Securities by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and to the references to our
name in Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement, including under the
caption "Experts".
    



Securities Data Company,
A division of Thomson Information Services 


   

/s/ Francine Falchook
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Francine Falchook
Senior Vice President
    



   
May 7, 1999