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Date(s)
- 1948 Jun (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 'Middle East strategy' given at a visit to Imperial Defence College including sections on the present day balance of power in the Middle East, the role of oil, settlements with Egypt and Palestine, relationship with the Arab world, the future of the former Italian colonies, future of Greece and Turkey, lines of communication in the Middle East, the strategic future of East Africa; text of a talk to officers of Headquarters on the effect of the change of General Headquarters, Middle East Land Forces (MELF) to Land Forces General Headquarters of the Middle East Regional Group and the accompanying reduction in size; papers relating to the Brendan truce commission resulting in the Arab/Jewish truce of 11 Jun; text of lecture by Maj Gen John Bagot Glubb (Glubb Pasha), Chief of General Staff, the Arab Legion, Transjordon on operations in Palestine 15 Jun 1948; paper on 'The process by which Army Command in the Middle East develops from peace to war'; memorandum sent by Gen Sir John Tredinnick Crocker, Commander-in-Chief, MELF to FM Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Chief of the Imperial General Staff on Palestine and the British political and diplomatic situation in the Middle East after the final withdrawal from Palestine, also including a note on Greece; note by Pyman on Crocker's visit to Cyprus including his views on the present and future garrison and the role of Cyprus in a future war. 1 file