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On November 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 4:57 pm to 4:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-126 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See Conversation No. 614-18B] National economy - Pay Board - George P. Shultz's conversation with Colson - Soviet Union grain deal - Henry A. Kissinger - Conversation with President - Forthcoming conversation with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin - Stock market - Volume and close - Wholesale price index - Effect of Daniel L. Schorr's report - Prospects. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.