Form: 11-K

Annual report of employee stock purchase, savings and similar plans

June 28, 2000

EXHIBIT 23

Published on June 28, 2000






EXHIBIT 23


CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement
listed below of our report on the financial statements of The Coca-Cola
Company Thrift & Investment Plan included in the Annual Report on Form 11-K of
The Coca-Cola Company for the year ended December 31, 1999:

Registration Statement No. 2-58584 on Form S-8, dated
November 20, 1987, as amended



/s/ BANKS, FINLEY, WHITE & CO.

Atlanta, Georgia
June 26, 2000