Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [dinner at Chequers; PM seeing strategy for SDP needed][released 2012]

Document type:	Declassified documents
Source:	Walters MSS (Churchill Archives Centre): WTRS3/1/1
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Importance ranking:	Major
Word count:	78
Themes:	Monetary policy

Saturday 28th November 1981

Dinner at Chequers PM, DT [Denis Thatcher], KJ [Keith Joseph] and JH [John Hoskyns] (and Miranda [Miranda Hoskyns] )

PM shows signs of seeing that strategy for SDP is needed. KJ splendid in bringing her back to this central point. PM sanctioned Task Force (but do not call it that). KJ said that we were right in getting the 1981 budget tightened - credit due to AW [Alan Walters] and JH [John Hoskyns].