Item PYMAN 7/1/22 - Diary, Dec 1948, with related papers, on subjects including the Canal Zone, Egypt 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; text of talk between Maj Cecil Stanway Sugden, Chief of Staff, Headquarters, British Troops in Egypt, Abdel Rahmen Ammar Bey, the Under Secretary for the Interior of Egypt, and Sabr Tantawi Bey, the Director General of Public Security regarding co-operation between the Military and the Egyptian civil and police authorities in the Canal zone, Egypt; paper outlining the moves of infantry battalions in Middle East Land Forces (MELF) planned for early 1949; paper on the organisation of command in the Middle East, the Anglo-Russian picture in the Middle East, plans in the event of war breaking out against Russia, general stability of the Army in the Middle East on a long term basis; directive to Joint Planning Staff on interservice talks aimed to create organisations and installations in Egypt to be used as a base by Britain and Egypt; papers relating to combined planning with the Americans and 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; diagram showing the proposed Allied planning organisation; draft memorandum on the reorganisation of the Higher Command in the Middle East theatre. 1 file