Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1948 Oct (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; 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; papers relating to provision of Anti-Aircraft equipment in East Africa; paper on the loss through theft of ammunition in the Canal zone, Egypt; notes on conversation with Maj Gen John Bagot Glubb (Glubb Pasha), Chief of General Staff, the Arab Legion, Transjordon; papers relating to the possibility of British troops assisting Transjordan in the event of a Jewish attack. 1 file