Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [PM handled economic strategy meeting brilliantly. Prior an idiot. Fletcher crazy.][released 2012]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
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| Source: | Walters MSS (Churchill Archives Centre): WTRS3/1/1 |
| Editorial comments: | Read other entries from this diary. View all Walters documents. The original diary can be studied here |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 88 |
| Themes: | Monetary policy, Privatized & state industries, Public spending & borrowing, Transport |
Wednesday 17th June 1981
9.30 Cabinet on economic strategy (notes). PM handled it brilliantly - all agreed on strategy, the only debate was about SHADING. Summarised brilliantly by PM. But main results in the Standard lunchtime edn
- obviously by someone who was there.
4.00 E on railway electrification - J.P.
7.00 PM at house meeting with Alex Fletcher about his crazy idea.
8.00 concert Janet Baker Der Kindertotenlieder