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Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [PM agrees to monetary reform; PM speech good opening parliament][released 2012]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Walters MSS (Churchill Archives Centre): WTRS 3/1/1
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 73
Themes: Parliament, Monetary policy

Wednesday 4th November 1981

10.30 to 1200 Ed Goldberger - mainly concerned with putting across the message.

PM agrees to monetary reform - but says Ted was on M1 in 1971

Opening of Parliament - PM s speech very good - she used most of my material.

Pol Ec Club - Fleming [sic: John Flemming] on interest rates - nothing new except Brian Redding [sic: Brian Reading] thinks inflation will fall to 2.3% in a year or two.