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 1 August 1980

0930   Media
0945   Hugo Young for an interview
1100   Minister of State for Consumer Affairs [Sally Oppenheim] re Section II of Competition Act
1115   Chancellor [Sir Geoffrey Howe], Chief Secretary [John Biffen], Sir A. Rawlinson, Mr. Hansford and Mr. Kerr re defence spending
1230   Home Secretary [Willie Whitelaw]
              Lunch in flat
1430   Met by Mr. Jim Coates at the Admiralty to visit Admiralty House Flats [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: +CP (Colin
              Peterson) & Joan Porter.]
1550   Meeting with Mr. Peterson [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: to discuss paint colours. Handwritten original has this meeting
              at 1515.]
1730   Margaret Bateman to say farewell [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: Handwritten original has this meeting at 1530.]
1545-1630   Diary and tours meeting
1630   Chief Whip [Michael Jopling]
1920   Left for Chequers

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