Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 118 › Conversation 118-002

Usilaner, Rogers & Weinberger on 1972 Management Improvement Award

Tuesday, March 13, 1973 · 11:00 AM–12:03 PM ET · Cabinet Room · 7 min

ParticipantsUsilaner, Brian; Baker, Harold R.; Cole, Reginald E.; Boyett, Fred R.; Dickerson, Glenn R.; Harkins, William D. (Capt.); Schalbrack, A. L. (Col.); Vinciguerra, John V.; Olmstead, Mary; McVay, B. N.; Kelly, Bernard E.; Johnson, Reginald; Perry, Joseph; McMillan, Charles; Butz, Earl L.; Rogers, William P.; Simon, William E.; Richardson, Elliot L.; Ray, Dixy Lee; Kamp, Carl; Weinberger, Caspar W. ("Cap"); Sampson, Arthur F.; Ash, Roy L.; Hampton, Robert E.; Peterson, Norman; Schriever, B. A. (Gen.)Conversation118-002 on Tape 118StartTuesday, March 13, 1973 at 11:00 AMEndTuesday, March 13, 1973 at 12:03 PMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 118-002 ↗

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President Nixon hosted the recipients of the 1972 Management Improvement Award in the Cabinet Room to coordinate the logistics for a formal ceremony. Brian Usilaner facilitated a briefing for award winners and cabinet members, including William P. Rogers and Caspar Weinberger, to establish the specific order of presentation and photography arrangements. The session focused on streamlining the proceedings to manage the large group effectively while ensuring individual recognition for the agency and department representatives.

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Harold Baker with Secretary Bunsen and Reginald Cole.
That's her.
So why don't you go over here?
So why don't you go over here?
Secretary, let's go first, and then your name is involved.
Okay, Fred Boyette and Glenn Dickerson with Secretary Simon, who will be next, and Paul, who will be next.
Ok, and then John Vistageren with Cameron Redd.
And then Mary Olmsted with Secretary Rodgers.
And then Henry Carrington and Jeremy Cairns.
And then Mr. McVeigh, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Johnson.
This is the order.
McVeigh, Kelly, Johnson, Perry, McMillan, and then Secretary Weinberger and Senator Samson.
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I think we're in a circle over here.
And what we'd like to do is get a photo of the individual receiving the award from the president with his agency or department at WIC.
So Mr. Director Ash will be with the president.
If you call your name, come forward with your department or agency and receive the award.
Just follow the photo in front of the flags.
And if you receive the award, you may come over on the other side of the office to position yourself for it.
It gives you award awareness.
It's a pretty ceremonial, simple, no press coverage of the photography, but it's a very useful one for various kinds of work.
Are there any questions?
We're trying to do this completely responsibly, because there's a large group of dead people.
You're obviously trying to take...

NARA Description

On March 13, 1973, Recipients of the 1972 Management Improvement Award, including Brian Usilaner, Harold R. Baker, Reginald E. Cole, Fred R. Boyett, Glenn R. Dickerson, Capt. William D. Harkins, Col. A. L. Schalbrack, John V. Vinciguerra, Mary Olmstead, B. N. McVay, Bernard E. Kelly, Reginald Johnson, Joseph Perry, Charles McMillan, Earl L. Butz, William P. Rogers, Willliam E. Simon, Elliot L. Richardson, Dixy Lee Ray, Carl Kamp, Caspar ("Cap") Weinberger, Arthur F. Sampson, Roy L. Ash, Robert E. Hampton, Norman Peterson, and Gen. B. A. Schriever, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:00 am and 12:03 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 118-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 118-2

Date: March 13, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:00 am and 12:03 pm
Location: Cabinet Room

Brian Usilaner met with some or all of the following: Harold R. Baker, Reginald E. Cole, Fred
R. Boyett, Glenn R. Dickerson, Captain William D. Harkins, Colonel A. L. Schalbrack, John V.
Vinciguerra, Mary Olmsted, Henry A. Carrington, B. N. McVay, Bernard E. Kelly, Reginald

Johnson, Joseph Perry, Charles McMillan, Earl L. Butz, William P. Rogers, William E. Simon,
Elliot L. Richardson, Dixie Lee Ray, Carl Kamp, Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger, Arthur F.
Sampson, Roy L. Ash, Robert E. Hampton, Norman Peterson, and General B. A. Schriever

     [General conversation/Unintelligible]

     Order of presentation of awards in Oval Office
          -Usilaner
          -Baker, Butz, and Cole
          -Dickerson, Boyett, and Simon
          -Harkins, Schalbrack, and Richardson
          -Vinciguerra and Ray
          -Rogers and Olmsted
          -Carrington and Kamp
          -McVay
          -Kelly
          -Johnson, Perry, and McMillan
          -Weinberger and Sampson

     [General conversation/Unintelligible]

     Awards presentation
         -Photos
         -Arrangements
         -Size of group

     [General conversation/Unintelligible]

Usilaner, et al. left at an unknown time before 12:03 pm

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Conversation 118-002, March 13, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/118-002 (accessed October 12, 2026).