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 17 December 1980

0810   Left No. 10
0830   Dentist
0930-1000   Herr Stobbe: Governing Mayor of Berlin
1000-1015   Secretary of State for Defence [Francis Pym] re Canada
1050   Arrived Great West Door
1100   Presented Woman’s Own Children of Courage Awards followed by Carol Service - Westminster Abbey
1215   Left for No. 10
1230   Mr. Magog and Col. and Mrs. Corbett of Turkey Federation
1300   Lunch in flat
1430   Children and parents from Children of Courage Awards for tour of No. 10
1500   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]
1530    [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: [Statement: Fish].]
1700   Chancellor of the Exchequer [Sir Geoffrey Howe]
1800   Looked in at Arthur Williamson’s Farewell Party, Press Gallery - H/C [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: [Chief Political
              Correspondent].]
1830-2000   Central Office Christmas Party - 32 Smith Square
              Dined H/C with Ian Gow
              Paired all day

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