Item PYMAN 7/1/25 - Diary, Mar 1949, with related papers, on subjects including UK-Egyptian relations

Diary containing daily entries by Pyman with memoranda, telegrams and copy correspondence, including minutes of Chief of Staff's meetings; brief for the visit to Asmara and the 2 Royal Berkshire Regt by Gen Sir John Tredinnick Crocker, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Land Forces (MELF); papers relating to Anglo-American planning; text of talk on the work of MELF, its tasks and commitments, the strengths of its garrisons and their administrative duties in each of the countries or regions within its command; signals and other papers relating to Jewish attack in the Aqaba area and the response of the Arab legion; paper on redeployment relating to a proposal by MELF to the War Office for a permanent deployment for forty principal units of the post-war order of battle; notes on Anglo-Egyptian defence talks by temp Brig D S S O'Connor; notes on technical talks with the Egyptians by Pyman; paper on the organisation of Chief of Staff's office and co-ordination branch; account of a dinner by both Pyman and FM Bernard Law Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery Of Alamein, Chief of the Imperial General Staff including Montgomery's outline of a conversation with Sidky Pasha, the Egyptian Prime Minister on the use of Egypt as a base; account of Sidky's response to Pyman's paper on Egypt requesting further information on the role of Turkey and Iraq; memorandum on the defence of the Middle East prepared by British Commanders-in-Chief Middle East for the Sidky; letter from Pyman to Maj Gen Richard Amyatt Hull, Director of Staff Duties relating to the work of the Civilian Repatriation Bureau; letter from Pyman to Maj Gen John Bagot Glubb (Glubb Pasha), Chief of General Staff, the Arab Legion, Transjordon regarding the British subsidy to the Arab Legion and the required reduction in the size of the legion due to financial limitations. 1 file