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 |
Saturday 13 April 1985
0700
Hair
0750
Depart President’s House for Westminster House
0800
Meeting with Dr. Thiruchelvam
0820
Meeting High Commission staff
0840
Depart Westminster House for Parliament
0900
Address Parliament
Meet MPs
1030
Arrive at Mahaweli Centre
1045
Depart for President’s House
1105
Meeting with President and Mrs. Jayewardene
1145
Farewell ceremony outside President’s House
1215
Depart for Katunayake Airport
1250
Arrive: signing of Golden Book
1300
Take off for New Delhi
1625
Arrive Palam Airport: greeted by Mr. Gandhi
1700
Arrive Residence
1700-1730
Free
1730
Briefing meeting in Residence
1820
Depart for Indian Prime Minister’s Office
Tête-à-tête talks
1845
Officials join talks
1905
Depart for Residence
1915
Arrive
1915-1945
Free
1945
Depart for Hyderabad House
2000
Dinner
2200
Depart for Residence
Overnight at Residence