Margaret Thatcher Engagement Diary - Wed 20 February 1980

Document type:	Declassified documents
Source:	Thatcher MSS (Churchill Archive Centre): THCR6/1/2/2
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. Material has been added to this entry from the handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary, accessed at the Cabinet Office prior to transfer to TNA. The full text of that volume can be accessed here.
Importance ranking:	Minor
Word count:	1p

Wednesday 20 February 1980

0830

Meeting of Ministers on British Leyland

0930-1000

Foreign Secretary [Lord Carrington], Home Secretary [Willie Whitelaw], Sir Robert Armstrong to discuss official history of Intelligence in World War II

1030

E [Willie Whitelaw, Sir Geoffrey Howe, Peter Walker, Michael Heseltine, Jim Prior, Sir Keith Joseph, David Howell, Lord Carrington, Lord Soames, John Nott, John Biffen]

1300

Lunch at Institute of Economic Affairs +IG [Ian Gow] - 2 Lord North Street

1700

Foreign Secretary [Lord Carrington] [ask M.A. (Michael Alexander)]

1815

Home Secretary [Willie Whitelaw]

1830

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland [Humphrey Atkins] and Home Secretary [Willie Whitelaw]

1900

Chancellor of the Exchequer [Sir Geoffrey Howe] and Governor of the Bank [Gordon Richardson]

Dined at the House with Ian Gow

2200

Two Line Whip : Vote

[PM paired after 2200]

MT Engagement Diary