Item PYMAN 7/1/24 - Diary, Feb 1949, with related papers, on subjects including the present political situation in the Middle East and an SAS unit within MELF

Diary containing daily entries by Pyman with memoranda, telegrams and copy correspondence, including minutes of Chief of Staff's meetings; letter from Maj Gen John Bagot Glubb (Glubb Pasha), Chief of General Staff, the Arab Legion, Transjordon to Pyman inquiring about the British Government's attitude to Aqaba, Transjordan and its possible capture by Jewish forces; papers from conference on planning held at Tobruk, Libya; paper summarising the events in the Middle East theatre since the move of headquarters from Cairo to Fayid, Egypt and the impact of events on individual countries within the command including Egypt, Palestine, Transjordan, Cyrenaica, Tripolitania, Greece, Iraq, Aden and the current political situation in the area; papers relating to the formation of an Special Air Service (SAS) unit within Middle East Land Forces (MELF); paper entitled 'Comments on theatre command organisation'; paper entitled 'Comments on combined integrated theatre staff' with organisation charts; paper on action at Tobruk, Libya in World War Two outlining the stages of the Allied and Axis offensives. 1 file