Margaret Thatcher Engagement Diary - Sat 3 May 1986

Document type:	Declassified documents
Source:	Thatcher MSS (Churchill Archive Centre): THCR6/1/2/8
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; PREM32/20, covering 1986, can be read here.
Importance ranking:	Minor
Word count:	1p

Saturday 3 May 1986

0715

Hair

0815

Meeting with Committee of British Chamber of Commerce in Residence

0850

Depart Residence + HM Ambassador [Nicholas Spreckley], Mr. Wicks [Nigel Wicks], Mr. Powell [Charles Powell], Mr. Ingham [Bernard Ingham], Defence Attache

0900

Arrive National Cemetery

Lay wreath at Hyun‑Choong Monument

Sign Visitors' Book

0910

Depart National Cemetery

0920

Arrive Korean Prime Minister's Office

Talks with Prime Minister, His Excellency, Mr. Lho Shin‑Yong, + HM Ambassador, Mr. Wicks [Nigel Wicks], Mr. Ingham [Bernard Ingham] and Mr. Powell [Charles Powell] [PREM19/1972 f7, No.10 conversation record, 3 May 1986, notes also Foreign Minister Lee Won-gyeong, Minister of Trade & Industry Kum Jin Ho]

0950

Depart Korean Prime Minister's Office

1000

Arrive Blue House

Courtesy call on President Chun Doo‑Hwan + HM Ambassador [Nigel Wicks], Mr. Wicks, Mr. Ingham [Bernard Ingham] and Mr. Powell [Charles Powell]

1015c

Summit talks with President Chun + HM Ambassador [Nicholas Spreckley]and Mr. Powell [Charles Powell]

1100

Depart Blue House (via Residence) for Press Centre

1115

Arrive Press Centre

Press Conference + HM Ambassador [Nicholas Spreckley], Mr. Wicks [Nigel Wicks], Mr. Ingham [Bernard Ingham] and Mr. Powell [Charles Powell]

1155

Depart Press Centre

1200

Arrive Official Residence of Korean Prime Minister

Lunch hosted by His Excellency Mr. and Mrs. Lho Shin‑Yong

1330

Depart Official Residence of Korean Prime Minister for Yongsan Helipad + HM Ambassador [Nicholas Spreckley], Messrs Wicks [Nigel Wicks], Ingham [Bernard Ingham], Powell [Charles Powell], Towers, Sawer, and Mrs. Ryder

1340

Depart Yongsan Helipad

Met by General W. Livsey and Defence Attaché

1410

Arrive Gloster Valley

Briefing at Castle Hill

Lay wreath at Memorial

1510

Depart Gloster Valley

1530

Arrive Panmunjom (Camp Kitty Hawk)

Briefing at Ballinger Hall

Tour of Joint Security Area (JSA)

1700

Depart Camp Kitty Hawk

1730

Arrive Yongsan Helipad

1740

Arrive Ambassador's Residence

1800

Hair

1855

Depart Residence for Blue House

1900

State Dinner hosted by President and Mrs. Chun Doo‑Hwan (Black Tie)

2100

Arrive HM Ambassador's Residence

Reception for Senior Koreans, British Community and Embassy Staff [Nigel Wicks]

2220

Introduction of UK‑based Embassy Staff

2230

Overnight at Residence

MT Engagement Diary