MT Engagement Diary
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Source: | Thatcher MSS (Churchill Archive Centre): THCR6/1/2/1 |
| 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. The text differs in places from a second MS text of the diary at THCR 6/1/1/30, which probably derived from MT’s office at the House of Commons: elements from that second document have been added to this online version where they add material of substance (and explicitly noted as such). |
| Importance ranking: | Minor |
| Word count: | 1p |
Thursday 6 September1979
0900
Left Royal Hotel for Dounreay
0920
Arrived Dounreay and proceeded to Prototype Fast Reactor Conference Room for welcome, and brief review of present situation of Dounreay projects
Toured Prototype Fast Reactor
1135
Toured Fuel Reprocessing Area, including the first switching on of the Prototype Fast Reactor Fuel
Reprocessing Plant
1235
Toured Materials Examination Laboratory
1330
Lunch in the Directors’ Dining Room
1430
Coffee and informal discussions with Dounreay staff, including Staff Association and Trade Union Chairmen and Secretaries
1450
Meeting with the press
1530
Left for Dounreay Airfield
1615
Arrived Aberdeen Airport
Drove to Station Hotel
1815-1930
Reception at Station Hotel with local Conservative Party
Private Dinner in Station Hotel (Dr. Alistair Smith)
Overnight at Station Hotel