Key Information
Reference code
PYMAN 7/1/2
Title
Diary, Jan 1947, with related papers, on subjects including the withdrawal of British troops from Greece and unrest in Palestine
Date(s)
- 1947 Jan (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Diary containing daily entries by Pyman with memoranda, telegrams and copy correspondence, including papers relating to the withdrawal of British troops from Greece, Operation RAGTAIL, Mar - Apr 1947; terrorism in Palestine; copy of letter from Pyman to Maj Gen Sir Percy Cleghorn Stanley Hobart relating to the Gen Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey's plans for retirement; discussion over treatment of terrorists; Middle East Land Forces (MELF) Directive No. 269 to Maj Gen Stuart Blundell Rawlins, Commander of the British Military Mission to Greece relating to the training of the Greek army; Operation PREFACE, the planned layout of infantry battalions in the Middle East, excluding Greece, Jan - Sep 1947. 1 file