Margaret Thatcher Engagement Diary - Wed 19 October 1983

Document type:	Declassified documents
Source:	Thatcher MSS (Churchill Archive Centre): THCR6/1/2/5
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 are now being deposited at TNA in the series PREM32; PREM32/17 is the manuscript version of the diary, PREM32/5 the typed one.
Importance ranking:	Minor
Word count:	1p

Wednesday 19 October 1983

[DT away]

0915-1030

Mr. Williamson, Mr. Hannay, Sir M. Butler [(EC Negotiations)]

1030

Regional Tours for 1984 [MA (Michael Alison), SS (Stephen Sherbourne), TF (Tim Flesher), DB (David Barclay), TG (Tessa Gaisman)]

1100

David Young [general chat]

1130

Keep free

1200

Chief Whip [John Wakeham]

1300

Lunch with Economist + Mr. Ingham

1500

Meeting of Ministers re maintaining the strength of the Science Base [S of S DES (Sir Keith Joseph), +Ch/ Ex (Nigel Lawson), S/ MOD (Michael Heseltine), K. Baker, CST (Peter Rees), RTA (Sir Robert Armstrong), FM (Ferdie Mount), Dr. Nicholson]

1600

Briefing meeting for French bilateral

1700

Foreign Secretary [Sir Geoffrey Howe]

1730

Chancellor of the Exchequer [Nigel Lawson]

1830-2000

Reception for Red Cross [(DT away) (Princess Alexandra & Mr. Ogilvy arrive at 1850)]

MT Engagement Diary