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On November 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 5:04 pm to 5:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-114 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with Clark MacGregor. [See Conversation No. 612-4G] Pending legislation - Gerald R. Ford's conversation with MacGregor - Leslie C. Arends - Conversation with Carl B. Albert - Possible amendments - Michael J. Mansfield - John Sherman Cooper and Frank F. Church - Possible vote - Senate - President's conversation with Robert H. Finch - Allen J. Ellender's statement - Possible conference - Continuing resolution for agencies' funding - Office of Economic Opportunity - District of Columbia - Department of Defense - Foreign assistance - Strategy of Ellender, Mansfield, and J. William Fulbright - Senate - William P. Rogers' meeting, November 3rd - MacGregor's conversation with George D. Aiken - Gale W. McGee - John Sparkman - John Sherman Cooper - Hugh Scott - Cooper's conversation with Rogers - Redrafting amendment - President's meeting with Ford and Arends - President's schedule - Ellender's motion picture - Henry A. Kissinger's recommendation [Kissinger can be heard in the background] - Finch. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); MacGregor, Clark.