Friday 20 December 1985
0850 News of the World Photo + Mike Horne - Front Hall
0900 Professor Griffiths + Mr. Norgrove
0930 Meeting of Ministers + Mr. Wicks [GCHQ: Foreign Secretary [Sir Geoffrey Howe], Chancellor of the Exchequer [Nigel Lawson], Secretary of State for Employment [Lord Young],
Chairman [Norman Tebbit], Chief Whip [John Wakeham], Attorney General [Sir Michael Havers], Mr. Luce, Mr. Marychurch, Sir Robert Armstrong] [Handwritten original has
Ld President (Willie Whitelaw), Mr Luce and Chief Whip (John Wakeham) crossed out.]
1050 Lord Young + Mr. Norgrove
1130-1230 Sir P. Cradock + CDP [Charles Powell]
1230 Chief Whip [John Wakeham] + Mr. Wicks
1355 Lunch in Flat
1500 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster [Norman Tebbit] + Mr. Sherbourne
[1600 Stuart Sexton + Mr. Alison]
1645 Tessa Gaisman to say farewell
[1700-1730 John Selwyn Gummer]
1730-1745 Chancellor of the Exchequer [Nigel Lawson] + Mr. Norgrove [Material from handwritten original of the 1985 appointment diary: No.10.]
1745-1815 Secretary of State for Education [Sir Keith Joseph] + Mr. Wicks
1815-1830 Mr. Powell
1830 Mr. Wicks
1940 To Chequers
2040 Arrived Chequers
2100 Supper alone
Worked on boxes until midnight
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