Economy: Alan Walters diary [“sinister suggestions” of positive discrimination in civil service][released 2012]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
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| 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: | 150 |
| Themes: | Monetary policy |
Wednesday 24th March 1982
John Cassels - 2nd Perm Sec - from MoP
- sinister suggestions that we should have positive discrimination for blacks
- the man was fairly stupid - no argument for the youth discrimination - YTS - due to be negotiated - wanted Civil Service youths for “pilot schemes”
McAnally Montgomery + Co - euphoria?
hardly, but they thought things were improving
Jock Douglas quite a sharp man - He complained about IR practices so I asked him to keep me informed.
Reviewed good account of Thatcherism by Darby + Langham
Goldstein saw me about unfair competition with covered overheads from TRRL