MT Engagement Diary
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Source: | Thatcher MSS (Churchill Archive Centre): THCR6/1/2/4 |
| Editorial comments: | Taken from a typed version of the appointment diary prepared in the Garden Room following MT's resignation but before 1992. The handwritten original has also been studied and material from that source has sometimes been added in, with explicit notes to that effect. The handwritten volumes will eventually make their way to TNA. |
| Importance ranking: | Minor |
| Word count: | 1p |
Friday 29 October 1982
0815
Briefing meeting at Residence
0850
Left for Federal Chancellor's Office
0900
Official welcoming ceremony: Guard of Honour
0915
Tete-a-tete with Chancellor Kohl
0945
Plenary Session
1130
Joint Press Conference
1230
Left for Cologne/Bonn Airport
1300
Took off for Berlin
1430
Arrived Gatow. Met by GOC
1433
Reviewed Guard of Honour accompanied by GOC
1440
Left Gatow for Reichstag. Accompanied by Chancellor Kohl, Governing Mayor
1517
Arrived Reichstag. Laid wreath. Viewed East Berlin across River Spree
1525
Join RMP Wall patrol. Drove along sector boundary past Brandenburg Gate to Potsdamer Platz.
1542
Left Potsdamer Platz for Rathaus Schoeneberg
1537
Arrived Potsdamer Platz.
1552
Arrived Rathaus
1555
Discussions with Governing Mayor
1610
Introduction of Speaker of the House of Representatives, US and French Commandants' wives. US and French Ministers and wives.
1615
Golden Book Ceremony. Speech by Governing Mayor
Signed Golden Book and made speech. Speech by the Federal Chancellor
1700
Met selected guests at Ceremony
1720
Left Rathaus for HQ British Military Government
1740
Arrived HQ. Greeted by Commander. Berlin Infantry Brigade Chief of Staff. HQ British Sector
1745
Met members of British military community - refreshments
1820
Left for Ambassador's Residence
1905
Left for Schloss Charlottenberg
1930
Dinner given by Governing Mayor
2115
Farewell to Senior Allied and German guests
2120
Left Schloss for Tegel Airport
2130
Arrived Tegel Airport. Farewells
2140
Took off for Heathrow
2330
Arrived Heathrow and drove to Chequers