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

Tuesday 28 October 1980

0800    [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: [Breakfast] Cancelled by PM 27/10.]
0900   Guard of honour for President Masire - Horseguards
0925   Messrs. [Derek] Howe, Gow, Ingham and Sanders
0945   Mr. George Bull: Interview with “Director”
1200   Mr. Dykes and Officers of EC Committee and Lord Privy Seal [Sir Ian Gilmour] (at 1230)
1300   Lunch and Questions briefing
1515   Questions
1630   Talks with President of Botswana [Quett Masire]
1730   Secretary of State for the Environment [Michael Heseltine] and Minister for Local Government [Tom King]
2000   Dinner for President of Botswana [Quett Masire] - No. 10. [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: Black Tie.]
1530 onwards
              Running Two Line Whip
2300   To H/C
               [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: Paired until 2300.]

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