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‘File 28/1 A Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited – standing orders for their guards’ [‎32r] (63/144)

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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ORDERS FOR NATUH GUARDS AT TANK BATTERIES
1 .
The guard at each tanis battery will consist of three
naturs and each natur will be on duty for b hours every day.
naturs will be armed with a rifle and ten rounds of
am unit ion. They will not load their rifles except in an
emergency.
batteries :
(a) by patrolling the tank battery inside the fence:
(b) by challenging all persons approaching and attempting
to enter the tank battery fenced area and by Questioning
and searching all persons other than Europeans identified
by the gauger.
Europeans will be admitted to the tank batteries and also
any local employee of the Company accompanying them provided he
shows his identification disc. in addition Indian and local
guagers visiting the tank batteries on duty may be allowed to
enter after showing their identification cards to which their
photographs are attached.
battery the natur is not satisfied that he is authorised to be
within the Field Area he should call out the remainder of the
guard and take the person into custody. Any person so arrested
will be handed over by the natur guard to the patrol car when
it next visits the tank battery.
Should the guard require immediate assistance the alarm
The Verey light must be fired upwards and outwards away from the
tank battery. The guard will then take all Pleasures they can to
3.
The duties of the natur guard are to protect the tank
5.
If after questioning any person approaching the tank

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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)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.

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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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