Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1947 Sep (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; papers on the command structure in the Middle East; report on the activities of the Jewish illegal immigrants in the camps in Cyprus; text of speech by Pyman on the occasion of the ninth birthday of the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service); paper on the problem of forward airfield construction in a theatre of war with suggestions for action in the Middle East; paper on policy for equipment relating to the Military Mission's inability to fulfil requests for equipment; paper on the position of East Africa in Middle East strategy ; comments on London Joint Planning Staff paper on the UNSCOP (United Nations Special Committee on Palestine) recommendations for Palestine. 1 file