Friday 13 December 1985
0900 Meeting of Ministers [GLC Abolition: Lord President [Willie Whitelaw], Lord Privy Seal [John Biffen], Solicitor General [Sir Patrick Mayhew], Chief Whip [John Wakeham],
Chairman [Norman Tebbit], Chief Secretary [John MacGregor], Secretary of State for the Environment [Kenneth Baker] ]
0945-1030 Keep free for Radio Interviews, Hospitals and Falklands + Mr. Ingham
1045 Korean Ambassador + Mr. Powell
1100 TV Interview with Spanish TV: Sandy Gall, ITN, + Messrs Ingham and Powell
1200 Eminent Persons Group + Mr. Powell
1300 Lunch for Industrialists + Mr. Alison [Material from handwritten original of the 1985 appointment diary: [DT away].] [A.P. Bird, Viscount Blakenham, Rocco Forte, Asil Nadir,
John Egan, David Scholey, Elliot Bernard, Michael Hawkes] [“Suggested invitees” - 2/6/3/104 part 1 f5] [see THCR 2-6-3-104 part 1 f9 for minute asking if MT would be content
to reinstate the lunches for industrialists; this date was mooted for the first]
1515-1545 Mr. Richard Burton: Chairman of Cable Authority + Messrs Norgrove and Alison
1545-1645 Irish Belfast Telegraph Interview + Messrs Ingham and Powell
1715 Iain Murray to say farewell [Handwritten original has this at 1045; seems it was postponed to accommodate MT’s meeting with the Korean Ambassador.]
1800 Professor Griffiths and then to Chequers at 1900c
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