Key Information
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Title
Date(s)
- 1948 Apr (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; various papers relating to the early withdrawal from Palestine; signal message on Egyptian police strike; papers relating to unrest in the former Italian colonies of Ogaden (South East Ethiopia), Eritrea and Somaliland and the possibility and probable result of returning the colonies to Italian control; paper by Pyman on the 'Process and fundamentals of military planning' with reference to Operation QUICKMARCH, a plan for an invasion of Italy; paper entitled 'Basic facts in the settlement of the ex-Italian colonies from the Middle East viewpoint'; note of telephone conversation between Pyman, Chief of Staff and Lieut Gen Sir Frank Simpson, Vice Chief of the General Staff relating to the intensification of violence in Palestine; paper recommending withdrawal from the Jerusalem garrison in Palestine; message from War Office to General Headquarters Middle East Land Forces (MELF) refusing to allow early withdrawal from Jerusalem; letter from Pyman to Gen Sir John Tredinnick Crocker, Commander-in-Chief, MELF outlining planned troop movements. 1 file