Wednesday 14 December 1983
0900 High Commissioner for Mauritius
1000 Meeting of Ministers (simplifying tax legislation) [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: Lord Chancellor (Lord Hailsham),
Lord Privy Seal (John Biffen), Chancellor of the Duchy (Lord Cockfield), Chief Secretary (Peter Rees), First Parliamentary Counsel (Sir George Engle) and
Mr. Graham (Parliamentary Council).]
1100 Meeting of Ministers (intrusion of military aircraft) [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: Rules of Engagement. FCS (Sir Geoffrey
Howe), S/ Defence (Michael Heseltine), RTA (Sir Robert Armstrong).]
Secretary of State for Defence [Michael Heseltine] re cost of defence equipment
1215 Talks
1300 Lunch for President Gemayel
1500 OD(D) re arms control
1600 Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary [Sir Geoffrey Howe]
1630 Angolan Minister of Planning
1700 Chancellor of the Exchequer [Nigel Lawson]
1730 Sir Alan Walters
[Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: To H/C.]
1830 Meeting of Ministers re local government in Liverpool [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: S/S Def (Michael Heseltine), DHSS
(Norman Fowler), DES (Sir Keith Joseph), DOE (Patrick Jenkin), HO (Leon Brittan), DTI (Norman Tebbit), Sol Gen (Sir Patrick Mayhew), Chef Secretary (Peter
Rees), RTA (Sir Robert Armstrong).]
1900 Look in at Lord Buxton's Reception +DT, BI [Bernard Ingham] - H/L [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: +DT (if he can make
it).]
Return to No. 10
2000 Working supper with Sir Anthony Parsons
[Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: PM paired all day except between 1815 & 1945.]
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