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

Wednesday 23 April 1980

0900   Interview with Brian Connell of The Times
1000   Jack Peel
1030   Meeting with Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary [Lord Carrington] on Luxembourg
1130   Prime Minister of Barbados, Foreign Minister, M. Forde and High Commissioner
1145   Left No. 10 with Mr. Gow
1200   Addressed National Union Executive Committee at Smith Square [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: 32 Smith Square +IG (Ian
              Gow).]
1300   Returned to No. 10
              Lunch in flat
1400-1530   Jock Bruce-Gardyne for Scottish speech
1530    [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: Running Three Line.]
1700   Secretary of State for Energy [David Howell] on BNOC and appointments - H/C
1800-1845   Patricia Hodgson for Women’s Conference speech - H/C [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: [Ian Gow will meet in Central
              Lobby].]
1900   Mr. Nicholas Ridley, MP, re Royal Academy Banquet speech - H/C
              Dined at the H/C [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: +Ian Gow.]

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