Monday 25th October 1982
Reaction in mkts to US Money Supply figures
FT down 17 points and gilts down &163;1
Allen Wallis - he is hopeful of GATT - but said Rumsfeld was coming down in afternoon to talk about Law of Sea - dreadful clauses about Internationalising Mining - PM against it, but great pressure from FO (John Coles)
Andrew Wilson (Newsweek)
- writing about Ireland etc.
Memo on Protection + GATT Ministerial
- very hard hitting
Rumsfeld + PM sympathetic to USA case on Law of Sea - OK
Reception No. 10 - Chris Bailey, Basil Mantzos
Peter Bauer - RH [Ralph Harris] said peerage OK
Robin Butler said my memo v helpful
Did not get AG [?Alfred Goldstein] to have a good chat about Serpell Cttee