Margaret Thatcher Engagement Diary - Thu 12 September 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

Thursday 12 September 1985

0800

Hair [Paperchase to wrap presents]

0950

Chancellor of the Exchequer [Nigel Lawson]

1000

Briefing for CBI meeting: Secretary of State for Trade [Leon Brittan], Chancellor of the Exchequer [Nigel Lawson], Mr. Channon, and Mr. Norgrove

1030

Meeting of Ministers (Northern Ireland - Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary [Sir Geoffrey Howe], Secretary of State for Northern Ireland [Tom King], Sir Robert Armstrong, Sir P. Cradock, Mr. Powell)

1130

Cabinet [Viscount Whitelaw, Lord Hailsham, Sir Geoffrey Howe, Leon Brittan, Nigel Lawson, Douglas Hurd, Sir Keith Joseph, Peter Walker, Michael Heseltine, George Younger, Nicholas Edwards, John Biffen, Norman Fowler, Norman Tebbit, Tom King, Michael Jopling, Nicholas Ridley, Lord Young of Graffham, Kenneth Baker, Kenneth Clarke, John MacGregor, John Wakeham]

After

Secretary of State for Scotland [George Younger] and Nigel Wicks (personal matter)

1300

Lunch in Flat

1430

Briefing meeting for Middle East trip (Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary [Sir Geoffrey Howe], Mr. Raison, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Channon, Mr. Egerton, Mr. Powell and Mr. Flesher) [Handwritten original has location as No.10 and gives slightly different list of attendees: FCS (Sir Geoffrey Howe), Mr Raison, S/Def (Michael Heseltine), Mr Channon, Stephen Egerton +CDP (Charles Powell) +TF (Tim Flesher).]

1600

Meeting with CBI (export support. Secretary of State for Trade [Leon Brittan], Chancellor of Exchequer [Nigel Lawson], Mr. Channon, Mr. Norgrove)

1730-1830

Media interviews for Middle East trip + Mr. Murray

1945 for 2000

Dinner with Egyptian and Jordanian [Rabab Al-Nimr] Ambassadors, + Mr. Thatcher and Mr. Powell - Informal - 75 South Audley Street [see 6/2/2/122 f97 for guest list: in addition to the foregoing, Ambassador of Oman and Mrs Jeeran Ali, Ambassador of Sudan and Mrs Alawia Ali, Mr and Mrs Richard Luce, Lord Selsdon, Mr and Mrs Stuart Young, Mr and Mrs S.L. Egerton, Mr and Mrs Moukhtar El-Gammal, Mr and Mrs Bernard Ingham,]

2300c

To Chequers

Midnight

Arrived Chequers

MT Engagement Diary