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Text of speech by Pyman at the amalgamation parade of the 3 and 6 Royal Tank Regts relating to the achievements of the two regiments. Typescript, 7pp

Text of introduction by Pyman to Sir Frederick Brundrett's lecture on 'Rockets, satellites and military thinking' ( 2 copies) and vote of thanks for the lecture. Typescript, 5pp

Text of speech by Pyman to Royal Tank Regt Old Comrades Association, Nottingham relating to recent re-organisation in the Army and the future of the regiment. Manuscript, 12pp

Texts of speeches, notes and correspondence relating to Fettes College, Edinburgh including speech to the London Old Fettesian Association; speech at the inspection of the Fettes College Cobined Cadet Force; speech and related papers by Pyman as 'guest of the day' at Fettes College Founders Day, 23 Jun 1962. 1 file

Paper entitled 'A glimpse of the early days at Sidi Rezegh', an account by Pyman of the conditions and progress of the Battle of Sidi Rezegh, North Africa and the contributions of Lt Gen William Henry Ewart 'Strafer' Gott and [Lt William Tait ] 'Jock' Campbell in the battle. Typescript, 2pp

Four short talks on the use of a squadron of tanks in support of an infantry battalion of an infantry division, revised version of earlier lecture series. Typescript, 14pp

Memorandum on command and battle procedure within an armoured division.

Paper entitled 'The functions of the armoured division in war' includes sections on the effect of modern agents on war, how soon 56 (London) Armoured Div could go into battle, how it would be launched into battle, the tasks of an armoured division with reference to World War Two . Manuscript, 36pp

Text of talk given by Pyman at 'Horatius' relating to Operations in the Western Desert in 1942 illustrated by diagrams demonstrating the correct use of armour in a defensive battle. With note from Col Frank Hastings Brooke, War Office returning the paper to Pyman. Typescript, 4pp

Page proofs of Call to arms (Leo Cooper, London, 1971). Printed, 131pp

Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, part 2: 1946-53 is a themed microfilm collection containing copies of official documents of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), 1946-1953. Documents include meeting minutes and memoranda and reports relating to strategic issues; Europe and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); the Far East; the Middle East; the Soviet Union; and the United States. Meeting minutes include those of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1948-1954, and its committees, the US Joint Logistics Committee, 1946-1947; the US Joint Logistics Plans Committee, 1946-1947; the US Joint Staff Planners, 1946-1947; and the US Joint Strategic Plans Committee, 1947-1953. Documents relating to strategic issues include Joint Chiefs of Staff meeting memoranda and official reports concerning the effect of the atomic bomb on warfare and military organisation; scientific representation from British Admiralty and Air Ministry at the atomic bomb trials, 1945; projected Soviet atomic capabilities; armed forces participation in proof-testing operations for atomic weapons; the control and direction of strategic atomic operations; requirements for the stockpile of atomic weapons in North America and Western Europe; atomic requirements from NATO member states; US psychological and unconventional warfare; US industrial mobilisation planning; US Joint Chiefs of Staff plans for global demarcation into areas of strategic control; and post-war US military requirements, 1945-1954. Documents relating to Europe and NATO include Joint Chiefs of Staff meeting minutes concerning the political stability of post-war Austria, Hungary, Finland, the Balkans, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iceland, Italy, the Trieste Free Territory, and Spain; the establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty; NATO command arrangements; the state of the armed forces in European NATO member states; the defensive capabilities of Western Europe; the establishment of Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers in Europe (SHAPE); and the establishment and function of the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR). Documents relating to the Far East include meeting minutes and memoranda concerning the demilitarisation of China, 1945; reform of the Japanese government, 1945; British and Canadian requests for information on the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1945-1948; US military assistance to the Netherlands Indies Forces, Netherland East Indies, 1946; US military assistance to the Philippines; US policy in reference to the adoption of the Japanese Constitution, 3 Nov 1946; the post-war disposition of combatant vessels of the Imperial Japanese Navy; the implications of possible Chinese Communist attack on foreign colonies in South China, 1949; the defence of Formosa, 1949-1953; the withdrawal of US occupation forces from Japan; the planning and conduct of the Korean War, 1950-1953; talks with French and British military representatives regarding the defence of Indochina, 1950; possible US military involvement in Indochina, 1950-1953; the Treaty of Peace with Japan, Aug 1951; US military assistance to Japan, 1951-1954. Documents relating to the Middle East include US Joint Chiefs of Staff reports on political and military relations with Iran, Palestine and Israel, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, 1946-1954. Documents relating to the Soviet Union include US Joint Chiefs of Staff political estimates of Soviet policy; intelligence estimates assuming war developed between the Soviet Union and the Non-Soviet Powers, 1946-1953; Soviet objectives in relation to the strength of its armed forces; Soviet capabilities in the Far East, Central and South America, and the Middle East; estimates of the scale and nature of Soviet attacks on the United Kingdom and Western Europe; plans for military aid to US allies and NATO member states. Documents relating to the United States include US Joint Chiefs of Staff memoranda and reports concerning the strategic defence of US territory; US programmes for national security; and civil defence capabilities, 1946-1953.

Copy of typescript text on the use of nuclear weapons and significance of nuclear power, [1940-1965], written in [1965].

Bound volume entitled 'Records of a strategic war game', prepared by the Directorate of Military Operations, General Staff, War Office, describing the preliminary work and the course of operations, and providing a summary and conclusion, for an exercise by the Directorate, under the command of Maj Gen James Moncrieff Grierson, Director of Military Operations, exploring the military protection of Belgian neutrality by Great Britain during a Franco-German war. Robertson acted as Commander of the German Forces. 1 vol.

Notes made [by Robertson] during a visit of the Committee on Garrisons to the defended ports of Great Britain, 13 Jul-11 Oct, including sketch maps and descriptions of defences. 32pp.

Letter from Robertson to temporary Maj Gen Charles Edward Callwell, Director of Military Operations and Intelligence at the War Office, expressing doubts that supremacy in the Balkans will have any long term advantage for the Germans, and his opinion that the war will be won by wearing down the German Army on the Western Front; a brief description of the end of the Battle of Loos, Western Front, on 8 Oct. 4pp.

Letter from Robertson to temporary Maj Gen Charles Edward Callwell, Director of Military Operations and Intelligence at the War Office, reporting on the delay of the two British divisions being sent from France to Salonika, Greece; the difficulties of moving units from one area of operations to another; his opinion that the Gallipoli force should be evacuated to Egypt and used as a source for operations other than the Western Front. 3pp.