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‘File 28/1 A Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited – standing orders for their guards’ [‎64r] (127/144)

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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Sitra Terminal and Tanks
The police guard consists of one N.C.C. and 3 policemen,
this force providing one sentry at all times at the gate for the
aid and protection of the Company gate-man. Sentries will be
on duty for 2 hours and have 4 hours off*
2. The sentry on duty will allow any European or American
employee of the Company on duty to enter the Terminal, but no
other person may be allowed to enter unless the gate-man is
satisfied that the person is entering for duty. Should a sentry
have any doubt whatsoever about any person he should consult any
European or American Official who may be on duty at the Terminal
in order to identify the person under suspicion; and if there
is no European or American there he should hold the person under
suspicion while the N.C.O* in charge of telephones to the officer
in charge at the Refinery for instructions.
3. Any unauthorised person attempting to enter the Terminal
should be arrested and a report telephoned to the officer in
charge at the Refinery.
4* The N*C.O, in charge will be responsible for ensuring that
reports are telephoned every hour to the officer on duty at the
Refinery Gate throughout the day and night*
5* The search-lights will be manned by three nature each
from dusk to dawn. There must be one natur operating the
light at all times, one on guard at the root of the

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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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