MT Engagement Diary
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Source: | Thatcher MSS (Churchill Archive Centre): THCR6/1/2/7 |
| Editorial comments: | Taken from a typed version of the appointment diary prepared in the Garden Room following MT's resignation but before 1992. The handwritten original has also been studied and material from that source has sometimes been added in, with explicit notes to that effect. The handwritten volumes are now being deposited at TNA in the series PREM32; PREM32/19 is the manuscript version of the diary, PREM32/7 the typed one. |
| Importance ranking: | Minor |
| Word count: | 1p |
Friday 12 April 1985
0645
Hair
0740
Formal welcome by the President
0810
Leave for SLAF sportsground
0815
Take off by helicopter for Adhikirigama
0850
Arrive. Drive to power station
0905
Arrive Victoria Dam Power Station: inspection
0940
Arrive Victoria Dam. Commissioning ceremony
Unveil plinth
Short speeches
1200
Leave for Kandy
1300
Arrive President’s Pavilion
1315
Lunch
Planting of tree and naming orchid in Pavilion garden
1445
Press Conference
1600
Return briefly to President’s Pavilion
1615
Take off for Colombo
1700
Arrive: drive to President’s House
1730
Hair
2000
State Banquet