Monday 18 May 1981
0830 Hair
1000 Media
1015 Chief Whip [Michael Jopling]
1045 Chief Whip [Michael Jopling], Home Secretary [Willie Whitelaw] and Chairman [Lord Thorneycroft]
1115 S/S Northern Ireland [Humphrey Atkins], Sir Robert Armstrong and Mr. Ranson
Kept free for speech
1215 Lunch in flat
1245 Left No. 10
1415 Arrived Brighton
1430 Toured Automan 81 Exhibition
1530 Opened British Robot Association Conference
1630 Left Brighton for London
1830 Meeting of Ministers on Defence Programme
1930 S/S Northern Ireland [Humphrey Atkins] and Sir Robert Armstrong [Mr. Ranson, Willie Whitelaw, Michael Havers, and Clive Whitmore also there]
2000 S/S for Energy [David Howell]
Dined H/C with Ian Gow
2130 Mr. Stephen Ross, MP, and Mr. Kenneth Baker, MP - H/C
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