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

                                     FORM 4

                  STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[   ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
     obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

    Paulson, Jr.                     Henry                M.
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   (Last)                           (First)              (Middle)
    c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
    85 Broad Street
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                                    (Street)

    New York,                        New York             10004
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   (City)                           (State)              (Zip)


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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

    The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
    (GS)
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)

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4. Statement for Month/Day/Year

    April 16, 2003
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)


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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
   (Check all applicable)

   [ X ]   Director                             [   ]   10% Owner
   [ X ]   Officer (give title below)           [   ]   Other (specify below)

                 Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

   [ X ] Form filed by One Reporting Person
   [   ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

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                              Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,                                          |
                                                 or Beneficially Owned                                                             |
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                          |            |          |           |                                |5.            |6.       |          |
                          |            |          |           | 4.                             |Amount of     |Owner-   |          |
                          |            |          |           | Securities Acquired (A) or     |Securities    |ship     |          |
                          |            |2A.       |3.         | Disposed of (D)                |Beneficially  |Form:    |7.        |
                          |2.          |Deemed    |Transaction| (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)            |Owned         |Direct   |Nature of |
                          |Transaction |Execution |Code       | -------------------------------|Following     |(D) or   |Indirect  |
1.                        |Date        |Date, if  |(Instr. 8) |               | (A) |          |Reported      |Indirect |Beneficial|
Title of Security         |(Month/Day/ |any(Month/|-----------|     Amount    | or  |  Price   |Transactions  |(I)      |Ownership |
(Instr. 3)                |Year)       |Day/Year) | Code  | V |               | (D) |          |(Instr. 3 & 4)|(Instr.4)|(Instr. 4)|
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Common Stock,             |            |          |       |   |               |     |          |              |         |          |
par value $0.01 per share |  04/16/03  |          |   G   | V |     27,398    |  D  |          |   3,554,660  |    D    |          |
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Common Stock              |            |          |       |   |               |     |          |              |         |          |
par value $0.01 per share |            |          |       |   |               |     |          |     200,000  |    I    |   (1)    |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
          owned directly or indirectly.

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
  4(b)(v).

FORM 4 (continued)


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                    Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned                                 |
                            (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)                                         |
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               |      |        |    |      |            |                 |                       |        |9.       |10.   |      |
               |2.    |        |    |      |            |                 |                       |        |Number   |Owner-|      |
               |Con-  |        |    |      |            |                 |                       |        |of       |ship  |      |
               |ver-  |        |3A. |      |            |                 |                       |        |Deriv-   |of    |      |
               |sion  |        |De- |      |5.          |                 |7.                     |        |ative    |Deriv-|11.   |
               |or    |        |emed|      |Number of   |                 |Title and Amount       |        |Secur-   |ative |Nature|
               |Exer- |        |Exe-|      |Derivative  |6.               |of Underlying          |8.      |ities    |Secur-|of    |
               |cise  |        |cu- |4.    |Securities  |Date             |Securities             |Price   |Bene-    |ity:  |In-   |
               |Price |3.      |tion|Trans-|Acquired (A)|Exercisable and  |(Instr. 3 and 4)       |of      |ficially |Direct|direct|
               |of    |Trans-  |Date|action|or Disposed |Expiration Date  |-----------------------|Deriv-  |Owned    |(D) or|Bene- |
1.             |Der-  |action  |if  |Code  |of (D)      |(Month/Day/Year) |             |Amount   |ative   |Following|In-   |ficial|
Title of       |iva-  |Date    |any,|(Instr|(Instr. 3,  |-----------------|             |or       |Secur-  |Reported |direct|Owner-|
Derivative     |tive  |(Month/ |(MM/|8)    |4 and 5)    |Date    |Expira- |             |Number   |ity     |Trans-   |(I)   |ship  |
Security       |Secu- |Day/    |DD/ |------|------------|Exer-   |tion    |             |of       |(Instr. |action(s)|(Instr|(Instr|
(Instr. 3)     |rity  |Year)   |YY) |Code|V| (A)  | (D) |cisable |Date    |Title        |Shares   |5)      |(Instr.4)|4)    |4)    |
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               |      |       |     |    | |      |     |        |        |             |         |        |         |      |      |
               |      |       |     |    | |      |     |        |        |             |         |        |         |      |      |
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Explanation of Responses:

(1): By limited partnership




By:  /s/ Roger S. Begelman                                   April 17, 2003
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      **Signature of Reporting Person                             Date
            Attorney-in-fact


**     Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
       Criminal Violations.

       See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:  File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
       If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedures.


       Alternatively,   this  Form  is  permitted  to  be  submitted  to  the
       Commission in electronic  format at the option of the reporting person
       pursuant to Rule 101(b)(4) of Regulation S-T.



                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



     The  undersigned  does hereby  appoint Roger S.  Begelman,  Edward T. Joel,
Saskia  Brookfield  Martin and Susan P. Goddard  (and any other  employee of The
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. or one of its affiliates  designated in writing by one
of the  attorneys-in-fact)  his lawful attorneys,  and each of them his true and
lawful  attorney,  with power to act without  the other,  and with full power of
substitution  and  resubstitution,  to  execute  for  him  and in his  name  any
Statement of Changes in Beneficial  Ownership on Form 4 and any Annual Statement
of Changes in Beneficial  Ownership on Form 5, or any similar or successor form,
which  may be  required  to be filed by him with  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission  pursuant to Section 16 of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  as
amended and any and all instruments  necessary or incidental  therewith,  hereby
granting unto said attorneys and each of them full power and authority to do and
perform  in the  name  and on  behalf  of the  undersigned,  and in any  and all
capacities,  every act and thing whatsoever  required or necessary to be done in
and  about  the  premises,  as fully  and to all  intents  and  purposes  as the
undersigned might or could do in person,  hereby ratifying and approving the act
of said attorneys and each of them.

     This power of attorney shall not be affected by the  subsequent  disability
or  incompetence  of the principal.  This power of attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until  either  revoked in writing by the  undersigned  or until
such time as the person or persons to whom  power of  attorney  has been  hereby
granted  cease(s) to be an employee of  The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.  or one of
its affiliates.

     IN WITNESS thereof the  undersigned  hereunto signed his name this 31st day
of January 2003.



                                              /s/ Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
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                                                  Henry M. Paulson, Jr.