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

Wednesday 12 November 1980

0900   Briefing for West German TV interview
0945   Interview with German TV
1115   Mr. Pik Botha: South African Foreign Minister
1155   Sir Ray Pennock and Sir Terence Beckett
1315   Lunch for industrialists +DT - No. 10. [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: [via DW (Sir Douglas Wass)].]
1445   Chancellor of the Exchequer [Sir Geoffrey Howe]
1500   Chancellor of the Exchequer [Sir Geoffrey Howe] and Sir Douglas Wass
1630   Meeting of Ministers (S/S Defence [Francis Pym] and Chiefs of Staff)
1900   Gordon Reece’s Farewell Cocktail Party +DT & IG [Ian Gow] - Garrick Club
1950   Chancellor of the Exchequer [Sir Geoffrey Howe] +TPL [Tim Lankester] & IG [Ian Gow]
               [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: Dine H/C + Ian Gow.]
              Paired between 1800 and 2000

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