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Title
Date(s)
- 1948 May (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; minutes of the Middle East Defence Co-ordination Committee; paper on the 'Conduct of the withdrawal'; papers on planning exercise QUICKMARCH 2; notes and letter sent to Pyman from Maj Gen John Bagot Glubb (Glubb Pasha), Chief of General Staff, the Arab Legion, Transjordon relating to intelligence on Jewish armed resources; memorandum 'The present functions of the British Middle Eastern Office and recommendations regarding the future'; draft papers on the reorganisation of the higher command in the Middle East; draft memorandum on the functions and organisation of the British Middle East office. 1 file