Key Information
Reference code
PYMAN 7/1/3
Title
Diary, Mar 1947, with related papers, on subjects including the withdrawal of British troops from Greece, unrest in Greece and Jewish immigrants
Date(s)
- 1947 Mar (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Diary containing daily entries by Pyman with memoranda, telegrams and copy correspondence, including papers relating to the future direction of British Military Missions; the progress of Operation RAGTAIL, the withdrawal of British troops from Greece, Mar - Apr 1947; British Military Mission to Egypt and its termination by the Egyptian government; possibility of imposition of Martial law in the Palestine areas due to terrorist activities; Jewish illegal immigrant camps in Cyprus; memorandum on Jews in Iraq; plans for Exercise QUICKMARCH, a plan for an invasion of Italy. 1 file