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

Tuesday 22 April 1980

0800   Breakfast [Sir Geoffrey Howe, Sir Keith Joseph, John Biffen & John Nott]
1000   HRH Prince Andrew arrived
1015   Messrs. [Derek] Howe, Gow, Ingham and Sanders
1045   Meeting of Ministers to discuss Chief Scientist [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: [S/Energy (David Howell) Min/ CSD (Paul
              Channon), Sir Ian (Bancroft), RA (Sir Robert Armstrong)].]
1115   Meeting of Ministers to discuss Civil Service paper [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: [Chancellor (Sir Geoffrey Howe), Home
              Sec (Willie Whitelaw), Mr Channon, Sir Derek Rayner & RA (Sir Robert Armstrong)].]
1215   Lord Chancellor [Lord Hailsham] [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: [Re: Bill of Rights].]
1300   Lunch and Questions briefing
1355   HRH Prince Andrew departed
1515   Questions
1530 onwards
               [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: Running Three Line.]
1600   S/S Education [Mark Carlisle] on comprehensive re-organisation proposals - H/C
1800-1900   Ronnie Butt for Interview - H/C
              Dined at H/C [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: +Ian Gow.]

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