Item PYMAN 6/1 - Diary, 11 Aug - 31 Oct 1945, including planning for operations in South East Asia

Diary containing daily entries by Pyman relating to the planning for operations in the South East Asia area including Operation ZIPPER, the planned invasion of Malaya, and development of area in preparation for advance south to Singapore; the arrangements for the Japanese surrender; the seizure of Japanese weapons by the Indonesians in Java and relations with the Dutch; the conflict between the French and the Vietnamese in French Indo-China; the future of the Malaya - Siam railway; progress of operations in Burma, Malaya, Netherlands East Indies, Siam, French Indo-China . With maps showing Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA) deployment 6, 13, 20, 27 Sep, 4, 11, 18 Oct 1945; copy of letter by Pyman to Maj Gen Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey relating to his promotion to Commander-in-Chief ALFSEA and the machinery of command in Kandy, Ceylon. 1 file