Item PYMAN 7/1/20 - Diary, Sep 1948, with related papers, on subjects including Greece, East Africa, and the defence of the Middle East in the event of war with the USSR

Diary containing daily entries by Pyman with memoranda, telegrams and copy correspondence, including minutes of Chief of Staff's meetings; paper on the future of the British Military Mission in Greece; letter from Pyman to Lt Gen Gerald Walter Robert Templer, Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff relating to the breakdown of Anglo-American relations in Greece; paper on the proposed Principal Staff Officers Committee; note outlining the position of the US Government and Britain with regard to Greece and the military missions; papers on the defence of East Africa; letter from Gen Sir John Tredinnick Crocker, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Land Forces (MELF) to Lt Gen Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, Governor of Gibraltar relating to Gibraltar and the re-organisation of the higher command in the Middle East; paper on the chain of command in North Africa; papers relating to SANDOWN, an outline operational and administrative plan for the defence of the Middle East and control of Middle East communications in the event of hostilities breaking out between Russia and the Allies. 1 file