Tuesday 21 October 1980
0800 Breakfast [Sir Geoffrey Howe, Sir Keith Joseph, John Biffen & John Nott]
0900 John Biffen & Michael Alexander for first meeting for Lord Mayor’s Banquet Speech
1030 Mrs. Sparkes (wife of British businessman held in Baghdad) [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: via MODBA (Michael
Alexander).]
1100 High Commissioner of Papua New Guinea, Dr. Alexis Sarei to present letter [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: [Mr Martin
233.3827].]
1300 Lunch with Private Secretaries
1400-1430 Mrs. Scrimgeour
1500 Meeting of Ministers (Public Expenditure, Nationalised Industries, EFLs, British Shipbuilders Finance) [Material from handwritten original of the 1980
appointment diary: [Chancellor Ex (Sir Geoffrey Howe), Chief Sec (John Biffen), Home Sec (Willie Whitelaw), S/ Industry (Sir Keith Joseph), S/ Social
Services (Mark Carlisle), S/ Trade (John Nott), RTA (Sir Robert Armstrong) & Mr Ibbs].]
1715 Sir William Lithgow and S/S for Industry [Sir Keith Joseph]
1745 Chancellor of the Exchequer [Sir Geoffrey Howe], S/S for Energy [David Howell], Paymaster General [Angus Maude] - miners’ pay [Material from handwritten
original of the 1980 appointment diary: S/S for Employment (Jim Prior).]
1800 Kept free for speech
2010 Left No. 10
2015 Opened new section of National Gallery +CP [Colin Peterson]
Buffet supper - met by Lord Annan
2200 Kept free for Queen’s Speech meeting
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