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Economy: Hoskyns diary (Howe discerns signs of upturn) ["affable and jokey ... easing relations with the colleagues too"]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Hoskyns MSS (privately held)
Editorial comments: Reproduced from John Hoskyns Just in Time (2000), p294
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 49

Wednesday 15 April 1981

... Before going out to lunch GH asked me to see him at No 11 (Ian [Gow] was there). He discerns signs of upturn and looked more relaxed than I've seen him in weeks, affable and jokey. He said it was also easing relations with the colleagues too. ...