Item PYMAN 7/1/4 - Diary, Apr 1947, with related papers, on subjects including Jewish migration to Palestine, and the Egyptian termination of the British Military Mission to Egypt

Diary containing daily entries by Pyman with memoranda, telegrams and copy correspondence, including minutes of Chief of Staff's meetings; plans and directives for exercise QUICKMARCH, a plan for an invasion of Italy; notes on Jewish illegal immigrant camps in Cyprus and shipping of immigrants from Palestine; papers relating to the termination of the British Military Mission to Egypt by the Egyptian government; papers relating to Operation PREFACE, the planned layout of infantry battalions in the Middle East, excluding Greece, Jan - Sep 1947; notes and typescript paper on future weapons; letter to Pyman from AF Louis (Francis Albert Victor Nicholas) Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten Of Burma, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia relating to his draft despatch; paper on the responsibilities of military commanders for civil authorities within Middle East Land Forces (MELF) area; paper outlining strength and location of troops and administrative arrangements in each country in the MELF area. 1 file