Margaret Thatcher Engagement Diary - Wed 4 June 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 4 June 1980

0900

Lord Thorneycroft

1045

Home Secretary [Willie Whitelaw] re chairmanship of BBC

1100-1130

Official history of intelligence in World War II + Home Secretary [Willie Whitelaw], FCS [Lord Carrington] and Sir R. Armstrong [M. Palliser away: perhaps Sir A. Acland instead?]

1145

Left No. 10 +IG [Ian Gow]

1150

Arrived Great West Door of Westminster Abbey

1200

Read Lesson at Sir John Methven’s Memorial Service [+Ian Gow [Mr Rayner 930.6711]]

Followed by drink with Lady Methven [Jerusalem Chamber]

Lunch in flat

1600

Mr. Boardman and delegation from British Chambers of Commerce [S/ Employment (Jim Prior), S/ Environment (Michael Heseltine), S/ Education (Mark Carlisle), S/ Social Services (Patrick Jenkin) [TL (Tim Lankester)]]

1700

S/S for Education [Mark Carlisle] - Micro-electricity Development Advisory Committee

1830

Audience

2000

Dined at the House with Ian Gow

2145

Mr. Ralph Howell, MP - H/C

[PM paired until 2015 & after 2200]

2130

[Beating Retreat]

MT Engagement Diary