Wednesday 29 June 1983
0900 John Hayes (messenger) to bid farewell
0915 Diary Meeting
1015 Meeting of Ministers re unemployment [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: [Ch/ Duchy (Lord Cockfield), S/ Ed (Sir Keith Joseph),
Ch/ Ex (Nigel Lawson), S/ Emp (Norman Tebbit), S/Trade & Industry (Cecil Parkinson), Min D/ En, AW (Alan Walters) & FM (Ferdie Mount)].]
1100 E(A)
1145-1245 Meeting of Ministers re GCHQ Project [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: [FCS (Sir Geoffrey Howe), S/ Def (Michael
Heseltine), Ch/ Ex (Nigel Lawson), Sir A. Acland, Sir Clive Whitmore, Peter Middleton, RTA (Sir Robert Armstrong), Sir A. Duff, Sir B. Tovey].]
Lunch in flat
1400 Mr. Redwood via Mr. Mount
1420 S/S Social Services [Norman Fowler], Minister of State Social Services [Rhodes Boyson], Mrs. Poole and Michael Scholar
1430 Meeting with Royal College of Nursing
1530 Sir Anthony Parsons and AJC (John Coles) [According to handwritten original, MT was to have gone to the House of Commons to sit in on a debate at 1530. It
seems likely that this did not happen.]
1615 Mr. Letwyn [sic: Letwin] via Mr. Mount
1700 Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary [Sir Geoffrey Howe]
1730 [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: Lord President (Willie Whitelaw) & Chief Whip (John Wakeham) [Re Honours].]
1800 [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: LPS (John Biffen) [MP’s pay].]
1830-2000 Reception for constituents +DT
Supper in flat
2100 Wind-ups
2200 Three Line
Return to No. 10 to change
2300 Look in at Blue Ball +MA [Michael Alison] - Hurlingham Club [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: [DT away].]
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