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‘File 28/1 A Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited – standing orders for their guards’ [7r] (13/144)
The record is made up of 1 file (70 folios). It was created in 25 Sep 1939-25 Nov 1939. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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2 -
AftALI CAMP ARF.A.
SHOPS -
STORES
v“/AT 1 R TANKS ••••••••••••••♦•••
2 Company Nature
This fore© keeps a 16-hour patrollim^ watch on the
areas mentioned above from 4 p«nu to 8* a*m. with instructions
to apprehend anyone whose movements in or near the areas appear
abnormal.
and 8 hours rest.
Coolie
A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory.
^ate-openers work 8 hours straight
and 16 hours off.
pumphouse and tank and loading areas.
Instructions are:-
1. Both gates into area to be kept closed.
2. Oreen masked vehicles only to be allowed inside area
day or night. European mechanics and their native
workmen who normally work in Pumphouse are excepted.
3. All other vehicles, picnic parties etc., to be directed
to proceed along outside of N.R. fence and through gaps
in fence to beach without entering Pumphouse compound.
4. Only natives with Company business to enter compound
and these to show Company number disc unless accompanied
by authorised Buropean (vide No.2)
5. One Natur to patrol outside of compound fence and whole
of fenced area to beach periodically during night.
6. Head Natur to communicate with Sitrah gate Guard-house
by telephone in case of trouble, whence message will be
relayed to Mr. K. Orisewood.
The guard on the Tanks to allow no one, except Europeans
to enter the fenced area or loiter in the vicinity.
of all posts during the 24 hours, supervise correct changing of
guards at 4 hour intervals and be on call lor any signs of
trouble.
Head Company Natur - to carry out rounds of inspection
All Company Neturs shewn above work 4 hours on guard
ZJLLLSi AH^u
1 Head Natur
4 Nature.
This force to keep a 24-hour guard in the fenced
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The file comprises letters sent by representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), generally the Chief Local Representative, John S Black, to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman), enclosing copies of standing orders issued to their guards and security personnel for the defence of the Company’s refinery, oil fields and other installations, in the wake of the advent of hostilities in Europe.
Several revisions of the standing orders are included in the file (ff 6-7, ff 9-24, ff 25-36 ff 38-68), dated October to November 1939. The orders cover a range of roles and aspects of BAPCO’s operations: instructions for sentries at refinery gates; checks on motor and goods vehicles coming into and out of the refinery; instructions for motor patrols; instructions for motorcycle patrols (left blank as a result of a lack of motorcycles); orders for the officer-in-charge of the field, including checks for sabotage of wells, pipelines and tanks; standing orders for the officer-in-charge of the refinery; orders for natur guards; orders for the second shift foreman; instructions for security personnel at Sitrah terminal, Sitrah pier, Sitrah wharf. Some pages of the standing orders are heavily annotated in pencil, presumably by Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. staff or by the Agent himself, with comments and questions relating to specific aspects of the standing orders.
Also in the file is a letter (ff 2-4) from the Secretary of the Committee of Internal Refinery Defence, dated 25 September 1939, containing twelve proposals to improve security and reduce the need for labourers (referred to as ‘coolies’) to move around the refinery site unattended, and a letter (ff 69-71) from Max Weston Thornberg, Vice President of BAPCO, to Weightman, setting out BAPCO’s company policy towards the defence of its sites in Bahrain during ‘the existing state of emergency’.
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- 1 file (70 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 72; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-71; these numbers are written in a combination of pencil and blue ink, but they are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- Title
- ‘File 28/1 A Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited – standing orders for their guards’
- Pages
- 2r:4v, 6r:7v, 9r:24v, 26r:36v, 38r:68v
- Author
- Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO)
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