MT Engagement Diary

Document type:	Declassified documents
Source:	THCR 6/1/2/2
Editorial comments:	Taken from a typed version of the appointment diary prepared in the Garden Room at some point following MT’s resignation. The original remained in the custody of the Cabinet Office. Material has been added to this entry from the handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary, accessed at the Cabinet Office prior to transfer to TNA. The full text of that volume can be accessed here.
Importance ranking:	Minor
Word count:	1p

Friday 28 March 1980

0945   Tete-a-tete talks with Chancellor Schmidt, joined by Lord Carrington and Herr Genscher at noon
1310   Chancellor Schmidt planted a chestnut tree in the Chequers’ grounds
1330   Luncheon
               [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: Plenary Session.]
1500   Departed for press conference at RAF Halton
1640   Arrived back at Chequers
1850   Left by helicopter for Cambridge
1920   Arrived Trinity College lawn - left by car for St. Catherine’s College
1930   Drinks with the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Peter Swinnerton-Dyer at St. Catherine’s College
2000   Attended Konigswinter Dinner, Cambridge - informal
2245   Left for Cambridge City airfield to bid farewell to Chancellor Schmidt
              Left for Chequers
2445   Arrived Chequers

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