Wednesday 15 May 1985
0700 Early morning rehearsal
0900-1000 Lord Aberdare + Minister for Sport, Mr. Giles Shaw, Mr. Addison (Football Hooliganism and Bradford Fire)
1000-1045 Diary meeting
1115-1145 Sir Russell Fairgrieve + Mr. Addison (1986 Commonwealth Games) [Handwritten original suggests Michael Alison (MA), not Mark Addison (MEA), was at this meeting.]
1200 Talks
1300 Lunch for President of Cameroons [Paul Biya] [Material from handwritten original of the 1985 appointment diary: [DT away] - No.10.] [see 1/17/127 f15 for guests and table plan:
guests at MT's table were Biya, Lynda Chalker, Admiral Sir Raymond Lygo, the Rt Reverend John Tinsley, Mrs Dolling, Lord Kindersley and the Ambassador of Cameroon]
1445 President of Cameroons Departs
1600 E(A)
1700 Meeting of Ministers (Review Body Reports. S/S Social Services [Norman Fowler] ; S/S Defence [Michael Heseltine] ; S/S Education [Sir Keith Joseph] ; S/S Scotland [George Younger] ;
S/S Employment [Tom King] ; Chancellor [Nigel Lawson] ; Sir Robert Armstrong; Mr. Gregson; Mr. Wiggins; Mr. Turnbull)
1815 c Change
1830-2000 Reception to commemorate ‘Export Day’ [Material from handwritten original of the 1985 appointment diary: No.10.] [A.P. Bamford to MT, 17 May 1985: THCR 1/3/16 f24.
“I was very pleased to have had the opportunity of having a discussion with you on Wednesday evening regarding unfair Japanese practices” – dumping] [Sir Neville Bowman-Trotter
to MT, 16 May 1985 f28]
1845 Meet HRH the Duke of Kent at Front Door + Mr. Butler
2000 c To House of Commons
Supper + Mr. Alison
2200 TWO LINE WHIP
PAIRED AFTER 2200
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