Margaret Thatcher Engagement Diary - Wed 1 May 1985

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

Wednesday 1 May 1985

0830

Mr. John Boyd - Flat

0900

Interview with Wall Street Journal + Mr. Ingham

1000

Lord Cockfield + Mr. Powell

1050

Chairman (Private matter)

1100

Mr. Addison for Young Presidents’ Organisation speech

1120

Depart No. 10 + Mr. Robin Butler

1130

Visit Department of the Environment to view Mansion House Square model + Mr. Butler

1230

Return to No. 10

1245 for 1300

Lunch; Sunday Express + Mr. Ingham – No. 10

1440-1515

Meeting of Ministers (Teachers’ pay. Chancellor [Nigel Lawson], S/S Education [Sir Keith Joseph], S/S Scotland [George Younger], S/S Wales [Nicholas Edwards], S/S Environment [Patrick Jenkin], Lord Privy Seal [John Biffen], Attorney General [Sir Michael Havers], S/S Northern Ireland [Douglas Hurd], Mr. Wiggins and Mr. Turnbull)

1545

Meeting of Ministers (Bettany report – Lord President [Willie Whitelaw], Home Secretary [Leon Brittan], Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary [Sir Geoffrey Howe], Sir Robert Armstrong, Sir Antony Duff, Mr. Butler)

1645

Keep free for Economic Summit briefing + Mr. Powell

1730 c

Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary [Sir Geoffrey Howe] + Mr. Powell

1800

Meeting of Ministers (Scottish Rates – S/S Scotland [George Younger], Mr. Ancram, Chief Secretary [Peter Rees], S/S Environment [Patrick Jenkin], Mark Addison, Stephen Sherbourne, Andrew Turnbull) [Handwritten original suggests Nigel Lawson (Ch/Ex) was also at this meeting. It also suggests Michael Alison (MA) was there, not Mark Addison (MEA).]

1900

Meeting of Ministers (Social Security Reviews, Chancellor [Nigel Lawson], Chief Secretary [Peter Rees], S/S Social Services [Norman Fowler], S/S Trade and Industry [Norman Tebbit], Lord Privy Seal [John Biffen], Chief Whip [John Wakeham], Peter Gregson) + Mr. John Redwood [Handwritten original suggests Nigel Lawson (Ch/Ex) was also at this meeting. It also suggests Willie Whitelaw (LP) was there, not John Biffen (LPS).]

c2000

[Ch/Ex (Nigel Lawson)]

2030

Chief Whip [John Wakeham] + Mr. Butler

Supper in flat and keep free for packing [Handwritten original has “Briefing” instead of “packing”.]

[PM paired all day]

MT Engagement Diary