MT Engagement Diary
| 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 26 May 1986
0730
Meeting with Defence Minister, Mr. Yitzhak Rabin
0820
Depart Hotel
0835
Take off by helicopter from Knesset helipad
0905
Arrive Kibbutz Sde Boker
0920
Wreath-laying at Ben-Gurion's tomb
0930
Depart Ben-Gurion's tomb
0935
Arrive Institute for Desert Research, Sde Boker
1000
Depart Institute
1010
Visit Ben-Gurion's preserved Kibbutz home
1020
Depart
1050
Depart Sde Boker by helicopter
1105
Arrive Ashkelon
1110
Travel by bus to Community Centre
1120
Arrive.
Greeting from Mayor
Meet British volunteers
1136
Depart Community Centre
1140
Arrive site of Henry Ronson Comprehensive School
Lay Foundation Stone
1200
Depart Ashkelon by car
1245
Arrive Weizmann Institute, Rehovot.
Lunch hosted by President and faculty of Weizmann Institute
1415
Depart Weizmann Institute
1500
Arrive King David Hotel
1525
Depart Hotel
1530
Arrive Knesset.
Welcoming Ceremony including wreath-laying to Unknown Soldier
1545
Courtesy call on Speaker, Mr. Shlomo Hillel
1600
Attend opening of Knesset Session in Strangers' Gallery
1610
Meeting with Knesset Foreign Relations and Defence Committee, Chaired by Abba Eban
1700
Return to Hotel
1715
Hair
1830
Host reception at hotel
2015
Depart Hotel
2030
Arrive Consulate-General, East Jerusalem
Supper with leading Palestinians at Consul General's Residence