Tuesday 25th May 1982
Not able to go to E(DL) - bit of gamesmanship by Cabinet Office and C/E - putting me in my place
PM does not chair E(DL) therefore I cannot attend - dealing with Sealink (Bid by a crook to take it over) and Disposals Policy generally - a pity but not worth fighting Robert Armstrong over
Sent my memo on Wages Councils to Norman Tebbit as PM suggested.
PS [Private Secretary] lunch
Disaster in the South Atlantic seems imminent
Interest rates down 1/16th and tracking nicely
Railways - need for early strike so it is over by mid Aug. BRB anxious to keep BREL wkshps open to placate NUR and concentrate on ASLEF
Dinner with Ambrose Congreve - saw Palmer (Huntley + Palmer) and Neil Marten (ODA) [Overseas Development Administration]
Drink with Guinevere [Guinivere Tilney] - why Nott - PM knows that he is a knife-in-the-back man. Carrington.