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Date(s)
- 1947 Jun (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Diary containing daily entries by Pyman with memoranda, telegrams and copy correspondence, including minutes of Chief of Staff's meetings; a copy of a letter to Pyman from Lt Gen Sir Frank Simpson, Vice Chief of the General Staff relating to the withdrawal of British troops from Egypt; paper entitled 'A few notes on SPEARHEAD' an exercise to prepare for a possible long range assault, possibly with atomic weapons; letter to Pyman from Maj Gen Sir (William) Ronald Campbell Penney, Foreign Office regarding the repatriation of German prisoners of war in Egypt; text of speech on the occasion of the dining out of the British Army of Gen Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey; printed message of thanks to Middle East Land Forces (MELF) from Dempsey on his retirement; accommodation in the camps for illegal Jewish immigrants in Cyprus; possible deployment of formations and major units in the Middle East Jul 1947 - Jan 1949; paper on the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 and the British withdrawal from Egypt. 1 file