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‘File 28/1 A Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited – standing orders for their guards’ [57r] (113/144)
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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5 -
Detailed Orders for Police and Nat^s
Gate Guard
The gate guard will be under the control of a Staff employee
who will give orders as necessary, consistent with the instructions
at the gate, sentries being on duty in pairs and doing 2 hours duty with
4 hours off.
gate sentries will be assisted by one Company natur (gateman)
who will open the gate and will assist in searching vehicles and persons as
necessary.
All motor vehicles driven by European and American employees of
the Company must be stopped on entry into the Refinery and the sentry must
searched and the driver and local passengers must also be searched.^ Any
packages found in the vehicles or carried on the persons of passengers
below.
2 .
One N.C.O. and 6 policemen will be responsible for sentry duty
look in the back of pickups etc., for any packages.
All motor vehicles driven by local drivers must be stopped and
must be handed over to the employee in charge.
NOTE :- If the vehicle has a red mask (cover) over one headlight
and is carrying an European or American or a policeman
in uniform it need not be searched.
Searching of local employees (G S & U )
This will be done at shift change times by a separate party of
one N.C.O. and 4 policemen who remain in reserve at the gate at all times
and may be called on for duty at a moment’s notice.
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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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- IOR/R/15/2/652
- 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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