Economy: Alan Walters diary [Hoskyns want to take on BR; lunch at Shell][released 2012]

Document type:	Declassified documents
Source:	Walters MSS (Churchill Archives Centre): WTRS3/1/2
Editorial comments:	Read other entries from this diary. View all Walters documents. The original diary can be studied here
Importance ranking:	Major
Word count:	133
Themes:	Monetary policy, Privatized & state industries

Friday 26th February 1982

Clive [Clive Whitmore] said PM had thought about Hugh Thomas for Policy Unit - I said he was not used to strategic thinking - more a reflective man - He said JH [John Hoskyns] has said he would like to take on BR but Clive thought not a good idea.

John Sparrow will come on economics for me!?

Lunch at Shell: Chairman EMS supporter - but obviously not thought it out and easy to beat up. Said at 6-3 [word unclear] bl/day Somalis could not produce enough gas for their processer [sic]. Confirmed that fears of price tumbling.

Note to PM about Kenneth Fleet’s piece on IR [Inland Revenue] - best to stop the IR Paper in its tracks and start again.

Row about Amersham goes on and on.