Thursday 12 September 1985
0800 Hair [Material from handwritten original of the 1985 appointment diary: [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
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