Margaret Thatcher Engagement Diary - Mon 12 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

Monday 12 May 1986

0830

Hair

0945

Diary meeting

1015

Meeting of Ministers [Police manpower: Lord President [Willie Whitelaw], Home Secretary [Douglas Hurd], Chief Secretary [John MacGregor], Chairman, Secretary of State for Transport [Nicholas Ridley], Wales [Nicholas Edwards], Education [Sir Keith Joseph], Health and Social Security [Norman Fowler], Mrs. Rumbold [Angela Rumbold], Chief Whip [John Wakeham], Scottish Minister, Mr. Langdon [A. J. Langdon], and Mr. Norgrove [David Norgrove]]

1130

Depart No.10 + DT and CDP [+Michael Alison: see Alison engagement diary, 2/6/3/10]

1145

Arrive American Embassy
Met by Ambassador Price [Charles Price]

1200

Attend Unveiling Ceremony of Eagle Squadron Memorial + DT h CDP, Grosvenor Square
Return to No.10 [Charles Price, William Randolph Hearst Jr, Charles Sweeny, Frank Bennack, ]

1300

Lunch for colleagues

1440

Sir James Goold [James Goold] + Mr Alison [Michael Alison] and Mr. Sherbourne [Stephen Sherbourne]

1500

Keep free for Scottish Conference speech

1630

Meeting of Ministers [Civil Service Trade Unions and Political Funds: Paymaster General [Kenneth Clarke], Chancellor of Exchequer [Nigel Lawson], Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster [Norman Tebbit], Solicitor General [Patrick Mayhew], Mr. Luce [Richard Luce], Chief Whip [John Wakeham], Mr. Brooke [Peter Brooke], Sir Robert Armstrong, and Mr. Wicks [Nigel Wicks]]

1715

Portuguese Prime Minister and Mr. Powell [Charles Powell] (Senhor Cavaca Silva [Aníbal Cavaco Silva])

1815

Depart No.10 for Portuguese Embassy (Residence), Belgrave Square

1825

Meeting with President followed by Reception

1900c

Return to No.10

1930-2120

Chief Whip [John Wakeham], Lord President [Willie Whitelaw], Mr. Ingham [Bernard Ingham] and Mr. Wicks [Nigel Wicks]

Supper in Flat

PAIRED ALL DAY

MT Engagement Diary