Wednesday 8 May 1985
0900-0945 Gordon Reece [Material from handwritten original of the 1985 appointment diary: No.10.]
0945-1015 Meeting of Ministers (Official history of Intelligence in World War II. Home Secretary [Leon Brittan], Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary [Sir Geoffrey Howe], Sir Robert Armstrong,
Mr. Butler)
1015 Lord Young and Mr. Turnbull
1103 Depart No. 10 + Mr. Thatcher and Mr. Alison
1107 Arrive Westminster Abbey, West Gate, Sanctuary
1130 Service of Thanksgiving re VE Day [Material from handwritten original of the 1985 appointment diary: +DT & MA (Michael Alison).] [see THCR 1/7/43 f20 for programme, including list of
ministers and MPs who were to have attended]
1230 c Return to No. 10
Lunch in Flat
1430 Interview with Chinese Journalists + Mr. Powell [Material from handwritten original of the 1985 appointment diary: No.10.]
1500-1600 Meeting of Ministers (Review Body Reports. S/S Defence [Michael Heseltine], S/S Social Services [Norman Fowler], Chancellor [Nigel Lawson], Sir Robert Armstrong, Mr. Gregson,
Mr. Turnbull)
1600 Sir Robert Armstrong, Sir B. Cubbon, Sir A. Duff, Mr. Steel, Lord President [Willie Whitelaw] re Thursday’s Statement
1645-1715 Lord Plowden, Sir Robert Armstrong and Andrew Turnbull [Material from handwritten original of the 1985 appointment diary: [JOJ 7N White Rover].]
1730 Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary [Sir Geoffrey Howe] and Mr. Powell
1815 Depart
1830 Audience, Buckingham Palace [HM The Queen]
Return to No. 10
2000 c Working supper on Scottish Conference Speech
PAIRED ALL DAY
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