Key Information
Reference code
PYMAN 6/3
Title
Diary, 1 Dec 1945 - 28 Feb 1946, including future planning for South East Asia and the reduction of forces
Date(s)
- 1945 Dec 1 - 1946 Feb 28 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Diary containing daily entries by Pyman relating to future troop deployments in of Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA); possible administrative structures for Singapore, Malaya, Burma, Hong Kong after the departure of Allied troops; plans for Operation EPILOGUE, the reduction of forces in South East Asia Command and return of troops to their countries of origin and peacetime stations; summary of the military situation in Netherlands East Indies, Jan 1946; memorandum from Supreme Allied Commander AF Louis (Francis Albert Victor Nicholas) Mountbatten on future British policy in Netherlands East Indies. Typescript 1 file