Item PYMAN 7/1/15 - Diary, Apr 1948, with related papers, on subjects including Palestine and former Italian colonies in Africa

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