Key Information
Reference code
PYMAN 7/1/10
Title
Diary, Oct 1947, with related papers, on subjects including the evacuation of British forces from Palestine
Date(s)
- 1947 Oct (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Diary containing daily entries by Pyman with memoranda, telegrams and copy correspondence, including minutes of Chief of Staff's meetings; paper on the employment of surplus Royal Artillery personnel in ordnance depots in Egypt; paper on the evacuation of Palestine and its implications for Middle East strategy; text of talk by Pyman to Staff College candidates on the British Army Staff; comments upon memorandum by the Chiefs of Staff on the subject of the strategic value of the Middle East in Commonwealth defence. 1 file