Monday 24 November 1980
0830 Left Villa Wolkonsky for Palazzo Quirinale
0840 Breakfast with President Pertini, Signor Forlani and Signor Colombo
0945 Left Palazzo Quirinale for the Vatican
0955 Arrived. Greeted by the Prefect of the Pontifical Household
1000 Called on Cardinal Secretary of State Casaroli
1030 Called on His Holiness The Pope [John Paul II]
1050 Prime Minister’s Party presented to the Pope
1100 Left Vatican for Ciampino Airport
1130 Took off.
1315 Arrived Northolt
[Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: Return to No. 10.]
Lunch in flat
1515 Left for House of Commons
1530 Listened to Statement by the Chancellor [Sir Geoffrey Howe]
1700 Sir Robert Armstrong
1730 Taped Christmas Messages for NAHO and Salvation Army [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: [via NG (Neville Gaffin)].]
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