all senior British officers and personally delivered it to the then prime minister Samir Al-Rifai. Al-Rifai was startled, realizing the implications of such a move. Al-Rifai then called Glubb to his office and informed him of the decision. Al-Rifai told Glubb that he had to leave the country as soon as possible, and that the decision also included Glubb's chief of staff Colonel W. M. Hutton, director of the General Intelligence Colonel Sir Patrick Coghill and eight other senior British officers. Learning of the decisions taken, an angry British government demanded that all the other British officers in senior posts resign. Glubb and his family left the next morning; two officials accompanied them to the airport where Glubb was given a portrait of Hussein with a handwritten note: "With our acknowledgment of the good services and untiring exertions and our best wishes for His Excellency Glubb Pasha" followed by the date and the king's signature. The name of the Arab Legion was changed to the "Jordan Arab Army," the police were separated from the Army as the Public Security Directorate under the auspices of the Ministry of Interior, and several promotions occurred within the Army. Major General Radi Annab succeeded Glubb as chief of staff, becoming the first Arab commander of the Arab Legion. Ali Abu Nuwar was promoted to major general and in May 1956 replaced the retiring Annab as chief of staff. All sixty-four British officers serving with the former Arab Legion left Jordan shortly after Glubb's departure. Responses Hussein's popularity in Jordan surged, while joyful demonstrators filled the country chanting "long live the King!" and "long live Arab co-operation and unity!" The decisions shocked Glubb, Charles Duke—the British ambassador to Jordan—and the British government, even though reports from the British embassy warned of growing discontent within Jordan of Glubb's role. British politicians blamed Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser for the decision, yet no evidence was found to support that and even Abdel Nasser was surprised by Hussein's decision. Hussein was surprised by the initial furious British reaction, as he did not mean to abandon Britain as an ally, and despite his surprise at being relieved, Glubb himself advised British prime minister Sir Anthony Eden not to punish King Hussein or the Jordanian government. Britain eventually agreed not to take action against Jordan after Alec Kirkbride was sent on a mission there to inquire on Hussein's intentions; he