SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
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                             SCHEDULE 14D-9
       SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(D)(4)
                    OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                           (AMENDMENT NO. 3)
                            ________________

       MCNEIL PACIFIC INVESTORS FUND 1972    MCNEIL REAL ESTATE FUND XIV, LTD.

       MCNEIL REAL ESTATE FUND V, LTD.       MCNEIL REAL ESTATE FUND XV, LTD.

       MCNEIL REAL ESTATE FUND IX, LTD.      MCNEIL REAL ESTATE FUND XX, L.P.

       MCNEIL REAL ESTATE FUND X, LTD.       MCNEIL REAL ESTATE FUND XXIV, L.P.

       MCNEIL REAL ESTATE FUND XI, LTD.      MCNEIL REAL ESTATE FUND XXV, L.P.
                               (NAME OF SUBJECT COMPANY)

                                 MCNEIL PARTNERS, L.P.
                          (NAME OF PERSON FILING STATEMENT)

                            Limited Partnership Units
                          (TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES)

                 582566 10 5                     582568 88 7
                 582568 20 0                     582568 50 7
                 582568 10 1                     None
                 582568 20 0                     582568 88 7
                 582568 30 9                     582568 87 9
                   (CUSIP NUMBERS OF CLASSES OF SECURITIES)
                             ______________________

                               Donald K. Reed
                           MCNEIL PARTNERS, L.P.
                      13760 Noel Road, Suite 700, LB70
                           Dallas, Texas  75240
                              (214) 448-5800
     (NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO
     RECEIVE NOTICES AND COMMUNICATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE PERSON(S)
     FILING STATEMENT)

                                Copy to:

                          Patrick J. Foye, Esq.
                  SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM
                           919 Third Avenue
                       New York, New York  10022
                           (212) 735-2274



               This Amendment No. 3 amends and supplements Items 3, 8
     and 9 of the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule
     14D-9 (the "Schedule 14D-9") of McNeil Partners, L.P., a Delaware
     limited partnership (the "Partnership"), filed with the
     Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on August
     18, 1995, Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule 14D-9 filed with the
     Commission on August 25, 1995 and Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule
     14D-9 filed with the Commission on September 8, 1995.  Unless
     otherwise indicated, all capitalized terms used but not defined
     in this Amendment No. 3 have the meanings set forth in the
     Schedule 14D-9, as amended.

     ITEM 3.   IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND.

               Item 3(b) is hereby supplemented by adding the
     following:

               The information set forth in Exhibit (c)(6) attached
     hereto is incorporated herein by reference.

     ITEM 8.   ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED.

               Item 8 is hereby supplemented by adding the following:

               On or about August 18, 1995, three individuals
     commenced an action in the Superior Court of the State of
     California for the County of Los Angeles (the "California 
     Superior Court"), against McNeil Partners, McNeil Investors, 
     McREMI, Robert A. McNeil, Carole J. McNeil, Donald K. Reed 
     ("Reed") and Robert C. Irvine ("Irvine"), entitled James 
     F. Schofield et al. v. McNeil Partners, L.P. et al., Case 
     No. BC133799.  The Schofield action is purportedly brought 
     in part as a class action, on behalf of all the limited
     partners (the "Limited Partners") of McNeil Real Estate Fund V,
     Ltd., McNeil Real Estate Fund IX, Ltd., McNeil Real Estate Fund
     X, Ltd., McNeil Real Estate Fund XI, Ltd., McNeil Real Estate
     Fund XIV, Ltd., McNeil Real Estate Fund XV, Ltd., McNeil Real
     Estate Fund XX, L.P., McNeil Real Estate Fund XXIV, L.P., and
     McNeil Real Estate Fund XXV, L.P., and in part as a derivative
     action on behalf of such Partnerships.

               The Schofield Complaint asserts that defendants have
     breached their fiduciary duties to the Limited Partners and have
     breached the partnership agreements of the aforementioned
     Partnerships by allegedly, inter alia, failing to maximize the
     value of such Partnerships, seeking to entrench themselves in the
     management of such Partnerships, and receiving excessive
     management and other fees from such Partnerships.  The Complaint
     seeks, inter alia, an order directing defendants to discharge
     their fiduciary duties to such Partnerships and enjoining them
     from violating their fiduciary duties, as well as an award to
     plaintiffs and to such Partnerships of compensatory damages in an
     unspecified amount.

               On or about August 21, 1995, the same persons who filed
     the Schofield action in the California Superior Court filed
     another purported class-action and derivative Complaint in the
     United States District Court for the Southern District of New
     York, entitled James F. Schofield et al. v. McNeil Partners,
     L.P. et al, 95 Civ. 6711.  The Schofield plaintiff's federal Com-
     plaint contains allegations similar to those of their California
     Complaint, together with a claim that defendants violated
     Sections 14(d) and 14(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
     in that the Partnerships' Schedules 14D-9 filed on August 18,
     1995 in connection with the HR Offers contained inadequate and
     incomplete information.

               On or about August 22, 1995, two individuals filed
     separate, but substantially identical, Complaints in the California 
     Superior Court, entitled Warren Heller v. McNeil Partners L.P. et al.,
     Case No. BC133957, and Alfred Napoletano v. McNeil Partners L.P.
     et al., Case No. BC133849.  These Complaints are purportedly
     brought as class actions, on behalf of all the limited partners
     of the ten Partnerships, against defendants McNeil Partners,
     McNeil Investors, Robert McNeil, Carole McNeil and the ten
     Partnerships.  Each of the Complaints alleges, in substance, that
     defendants breached their fiduciary duties to the limited
     partners by failing to maximize the value of the Partnerships. 
     The Complaints seek, inter alia, an order directing defendants to
     fulfill their fiduciary duties and enjoining them from blocking
     any potential acquisition proposal for the Partnerships, and an
     award of damages in an unspecified amount.

               On or about August 23, 1995, an action was filed in the
     District Court of Dallas County, Texas, entitled Robert Lewis v.
     McNeil Partners, L.P. et al.  The Original Petition is
     purportedly brought on behalf of a class consisting of all the
     limited partners of the ten Partnerships, against defendants
     McNeil Partners, McNeil Investors, Robert McNeil, Reed and
     Irvine.  The Lewis Complaint alleges that defendants have
     breached their fiduciary duties and the partnership agreements of
     the Partnerships by failing to maximize the value of the
     Partnerships upon receipt of the HR Offers.  The Complaint seeks,
     inter alia, an order directing defendants to take steps to
     maximize the price to be paid to limited partners for their units
     in the Partnerships.  On or about September 7, 1995, the
     plaintiff in the Lewis action filed a motion for a temporary
     injunction to this effect, together with a request for a
     temporary restraining order prohibiting defendants from
     registering any change in the ownership of units in the
     Partnerships pending a hearing on the injunction motion.

               Each of the five actions described above is at a
     preliminary stage.  Defendants have not yet responded to the
     Complaint or Petition in any of these actions.

     ITEM 9.   MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

               Item 9 is hereby supplemented by adding the following:

               (c)(6)         Letter Agreement dated September 12,
                              1995 by and among Carl C. Icahn, High
                              River, and McNeil Partners.


                                 SIGNATURE

               After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my
     knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in
     this statement is true, complete and correct.

     Dated:  September 8, 1995

                              MCNEIL PARTNERS, L.P.
                              General Partner of each of the Partnerships

                                 By:    McNeil Investors, Inc.
                                        General Partner

                                   By:  /s/ Donald K. Reed       
                                        __________________________
                                            Donald K. Reed
                                            President


                               EXHIBIT INDEX

       Exhibit                  Description                    Page

       (c)(6)   Letter Agreement dated September 12, 1995
                by and among Carl C. Icahn, High River and
                McNeil Partners.