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

Monday 19 May 1980

0830   Hair
1000   Media
1010   Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary [Lord Carrington]
1045   Chairman [Lord Thorneycroft], Home Secretary [Willie Whitelaw] and Chief Whip [Michael Jopling]
1115   Home Secretary [Willie Whitelaw] to discuss BBC chairmanship and interception
1125   Visit to Portuguese Prime Minister [Francisco de Sá Carneiro] at the Carlton Tower Hotel
1200   Talks
1315   Lunch for Portuguese Foreign Minister (Portuguese Prime Minister unable to attend) and others
1500-1515    [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: Foreign Secretary (Lord Carrington) & Sir Robert Armstrong [Suez Records].]
1530 onwards
               [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: Running Three Line.]
1600-1800   Meeting of Ministers (Public Sector Pay Policy) - H/C [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: [Chancellor (Sir Geoffrey
              Howe), Industry (Sir Keith Joseph), Mr Channon, Employment (Jim Prior), Environment (Michael Heseltine), Social Services (Patrick Jenkin), Chief Sec (John
              Biffen), RA (Sir Robert Armstrong), JH (John Hoskyns), Home Secretary (Willie Whitelaw), Mr Ibbs].]
1800   Meeting of Ministers (Sanctions on Iran) - H/C
1830  &nbsp [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: Looked in at Lady Thorneycroft’s party for WNAC +Ian Gow. 42c Eaton Square]
1930   Kept free for Women’s Conference Speech: Patricia Hodgson
              Paired after midnight/Dined at the House

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