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 |
Thursday 26 September 1985
0905
Depart No. 10
0920
Depart Wellington Barracks, accompanied by Lt. Gen. Sir Michael Wilkins (Commandant General Royal Marines)
1015
Arrive Poole
Met by Major General Julian Thompson (Major General Royal Marines Training, Reserve and Special Forces) and Lt.-Col. David Rowe (CO RM Poole)
1025-1050
Introductory brief by Major General Thompson and Major Graham Dunlop (Officer Commanding RM Special Boat Squadron)
1100-1120
Fly to Royal Fleet Auxiliary Fort Austin, off Portland Harbour
Met by Rear Admiral Livesay (Flag Officer Sea Training) and Commodore Coull (Commodore RFA Service)
1125-1135
View parachute drop of Rigid Inflatable Boat
1140-1200
View boat chase and boarding and helicopter assault demonstration
1205
View static display of MCT equipment
1235
Depart Commodore’s quarters
1245
Board launch and move to HM Submarine ORPHEUS.
View SBS submerged exit and re-entry drills and canoe float-off
Buffet lunch
1330-1340
Move to New Quay (Rigid inflatable boat ride if required)
1345
View Swimmer Delivery Vehicle demonstrations and Static display of conventional equipment
1415
Drive to HMS OSPREY landing site
Met by Captain Woodard (Captain of HMS OSPREY) and Air Crew of 815 Naval Air Squadron
1420
Fly to RM Poole
1440
Depart Officers’ Mess
1450-1505
Final discussions and tea
1515
Depart for London by helicopter
1615
Arrive No. 10
1730
Tom Madge to say farewell
1800
Hair
(1830
Look in if possible at Tom Madge’s farewell party - No. 12) (In fact she did not)
1915
Talks with Prince Sultan - No. 10
2000 for 2015
Dinner in honour of Prince Sultan - Black tie No.10