Thursday 3 March 1983
0830 Meeting of Ministers
0900 Questions and briefing team
0930 Home Secretary [Willie Whitelaw] and Sir Robert Armstrong re chairmanship of the BBC
1000 Cabinet [Willie Whitelaw, Lord Hailsham, Sir Geoffrey Howe, Francis Pym, Sir Keith Joseph, Jim Prior, Peter Walker, Michael Heseltine, George Younger,
Nicholas Edwards, Patrick Jenkin, John Biffen, David Howell, Norman Fowler, Leon Brittan, Baroness Young, Nigel Lawson, Norman Tebbit, Cecil Parkinson,
Lord Cockfield, Tom King, Michael Jopling]
After Meeting of Ministers re CRE Code of Conduct [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: [Home Sec (Willie Whitelaw) & S/ Emp
(Norman Tebbit)].]
1130 Meeting of Ministers re Law of the Sea [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: [Mr. Rifkind, Mr. Fifoot (FCO Legal adviser), Mr.
Goodall, John Sparrow, Mrs. Jones from DOI, Tony Parsons].]
1300 Lunch and Questions briefing
1515 Questions
1600-1630 Lord Privy Seal [Baroness Young] and Sir Robert Armstrong re senior appointments
1630 Sir Robert Armstrong re security
1715 [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: Sir A. Parsons & Mr Jackling [set up by AJC (John Coles)].]
1755 Depart for H/C
1800-1900 Meeting of Ministers re Serpell - H/C [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: S/ Transport (David Howell), Ch/ Ex
(Sir Geoffrey Howe), S/ Scot (George Younger), S/ Wales (Nicholas Edwards), S/ Emp (Norman Tebbit), Chief Sec (Leon Brittan) +RTA (Sir Robert Armstrong)
& John Sparrow, Mr Mount.]
1900 Vote [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: 2 Line.]
[Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: Return to No. 10.]
Supper in flat
[Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: PM paired after 1900.]
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