Tuesday 20 May 1980
0800 Breakfast ‘Old Team’ [Sir Geoffrey Howe, Sir Keith Joseph, John Biffen & John Nott]
0900 Messrs. [Derek] Howe, Gow, Ingham and Sanders
0915 Foreign Secretary [Lord Carrington] and Sir Michael Palliser (Afghanistan)
1015 Secretary of State for Education [Mark Carlisle]
1030 E [Willie Whitelaw, Sir Geoffrey Howe, Peter Walker, Michael Heseltine, Jim Prior, Sir Keith Joseph, David Howell, Lord Carrington, Lord Soames, John Nott,
John Biffen]
1200 Mr. van Straubenzee & officers of Education Committee plus Mr. Carlisle
1300 Questions briefing and lunch in Study
1515 Questions
Listened to statement by Lord Privy Seal [Sir Ian Gilmour] - H/C
1530 [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: Mr Ralph Howell MP [Re his “Why Work” Paper] - H/C [Chris Mockler sending brief from
Research].]
1530 [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: Running 3 Line.]
1630-1730 Talks with Dr. Waldheim, UN Secretary General
1730 Briefing meeting for Prime Minister Haughey [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: [Foreign Sec (Lord Carrington), S/ NI
(Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Humphrey Atkins), RA (Sir Robert Armstrong), K. Stowe, Robin Hayden, & BI (Bernard Ingham)].]
2000 Dinner for Dr. Waldheim [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: +DT. Black Tie.]
2145-2315 Reception for Dr. Waldheim [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: +DT.]
[Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: PM paired all day.]
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