Monday 31 January 1983
0830 Hair
1000 Media (Chairman absent) [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: [Chairman in USA].]
1030 [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: RB (Robin Butler), MS (Michael Scholar), JV (John Vereker), Messrs Gregson & Goodall
[Water Workers Strike].]
1030 Briefing for 1530 meeting
1100 Mr. Mount re Election speeches [see THCR 2/6/2/112 f4]
1130 First meeting for Institute of Directors speech
1200 Chief Whip [Michael Jopling]
1215 Chief Whip [Michael Jopling], Home Secretary [Willie Whitelaw], Lord President [John Biffen] and Chairman [Cecil Parkinson]
1300 Lunch for colleagues
1430 Meeting of Ministers re nuclear weapons and public opinion [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: FCS (Francis Pym), S/Defence
(Michael Heseltine), Chairman (Cecil Parkinson), Mr. Jackling & BI (Bernard Ignham) + Home Secretary (Willie Whitelaw), RTA (Sir Robert Armstrong).]
1530 Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary [Francis Pym] [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: [weekly chat].]
1600 S/S Education [Sir Keith Joseph] and Mr. Waldegrave re UGC [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: via TF (Tim Flesher).]
1630 S/S Industry [Patrick Jenkin] and Sir Alistair Frame re BSC Chairmanship [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: via MS (Michael
Scholar).]
1700 Courtesy call by Canadian High Commissioner
1730 Meeting of Ministers
1730 [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: Water Workers Dispute (S/Defence [Michael Heseltine], S/Emp [Norman Tebbit], S/Env
[Tom King], Home Sec [Willie Whitelaw], Sec/Scot [George Younger], S/Wales [Nicholas Edwards], RTA [Sir Robert Armstrong], Goodall).]
Dined H/C +IG [Ian Gow]
2200 Vote [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: Two Line.]
[Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: PM paired after 2200.]
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