MT Engagement Diary

Document type:	archive
Document kind:	Engagement Diary
Venue:	-
Source:	THCR 6/1/2/2
Journalist:	-
Editorial comments:	Taken from a typed version of the appointment diary prepared in the Garden Room at some point following MT’s resignation. The original remained in the custody of the Cabinet Office.
Importance ranking:	Minor
Word count:	1p
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Friday 4 July 1980

0750   Left Bute House
0820   Took off from Turnhouse Airport
0900   Landed at Dyce Airport, Aberdeen
0905   Met by Airport General Manager, Sir David Steel (Chairman of BP) and Mr. Butler (Managing Director and Chief
              Executive of BP Development Ltd)
0910   Briefing on North Sea by Mr. Butler and Mr. Williamson (General Manager BP Petroleum Development Ltd) in
              Airport Conference Room
0945   PM and party donned survival suits in Airport VIP lounge
1012   Took off in Bristows Helicopter
1120   Arrived Forties Field Production Platform
1125   Safety briefing in Cinema
1135   Tour of Platform
1300   Lunch on platform
1350   Left Platform in Bristows Helicopter and toured Forties Field
1510   Arrived Aberdeen Airport
1555   Press Conference in Airport Conference Room followed by TV and radio interviews
1630   Took off from Dyce
1705   Landed at Turnhouse
1730   Arrived Bute House
              Hair appointment and changed
1830   Reception at Edinburgh Castle
              Afterwards left for
2030   Dinner given at Bute House by the Secretary of State for Scotland [George Younger]

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