Margaret Thatcher Engagement Diary - Tue 18 November 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

Tuesday 18 November 1980

0830

Hair

0915-0930

Dr. Joseph Wayas - President of Nigerian Senate - and Mr. Waziri - Chairman Foreign Relations Committee of Senate - plus High Commissioner and photographer

0945

OD [Willie Whitelaw, Lord Carrington, Sir Geoffrey Howe, Lord Soames, Lord Hailsham, Francis Pym, John Nott, Sir Ian Gilmour]

1205

Left for Victoria Station [Detectives have labels [with hat]]

1210

Arrived Hudson’s Place

1230

Arrival of King and Queen of Nepal

1300

Lunch with Treasury Ministers [Sir Geoffrey Howe, John Biffen, Nigel Lawson, Peter Rees, Lord Cockfield]

1430

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]

1515

Meeting of Ministers - monetary policy [Chancellor (Sir Geoffrey Howe), Governor of Bank of England (Gordon Richardson), Chief Secretary (John Biffen), Financial Secretary (Nigel Lawson), Wass, Burns, Middleton, RTA (Sir Robert Armstrong)] [Also in attendance were the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, Mr Goodhart, Mr (Eddie) George, and Mr Ibbs. See here.]

1715-1815

Kept free for Queen’s Speech

1900

Defence Secretary [Francis Pym]

1950

Left No. 10 +DT

2030

State Banquet for King of Nepal +DT - Buckingham Palace [Evening Dress & Decorations. Detectives have tickets]

MT Engagement Diary