Coll 30/192(1) ‘Persian Gulf. Defence BAHRAIN.’ [‎130r] (259/327)

fire it should be possible to localise one outoreak. There is
also an el f icient fire f i jhtin^; orjanisation with modern equipment*
The measures to deal with possible attempts at sabotage
-from r^ersons inside the Refinery should be based on maintaining a
strict check on all persons having access to vital points. This
should be dene by having a check first on all persons entering
the Refinery area by a system of Passes and photos to be shown at
the mam gate and by searching all employees. Secondly by having
a second lot of passes issued to persons working/the various /in
vital points. /
It i
be wired-in in
in peace
s recommended that the following vital points should
emergency and wire p or this purpose should be held
(a) "he Po've T ' T - T ouse and T *ain m ~ansfurTier area,
(b^ Cracking Stills.
(c) histillation Unit.
( dl ^.cid Plant.
(e) Re-run Stills.
Special passes should be issued to rersens requiring
access to these points. ~ *
It is also desirable tnat a system of intelligence should
be built up in peace so that tnere is a check on all employees. In
emergency any doubtiul employees and any who can be scared should
be discharged so that the numbers are kept to a minimum to ensure
ease of checking and control. The number of natives at present
employed is approximately 1800 and there are over 300 Britisn and
American and 300 Indians.
5 • The load lines to 3ITRA Terminal.
There are five of these pines running from the Refinery
ab#ut 1| miles across the desert to yiIRA Terminal. On each side
is an all weather road for patrolling and a barbed wire fence
outside. Three Searchlight Platforms with power lines connected up
have been erected. In emergency an electric charge could be put
along the fences as a deterrent to persons bent on sabotage. "The
pipes are supported across the channel between BA.HRSHT island and
SITRA Island on concrete piers. A road leads across to SITRA
Island over a light bridge about 50 yards long. It would be
difficult to do vital damage to these pipes as they are easily
-epamable and even if one or two pi pes were damaged it would be
possible in emergency to run the various oils through the other
pipes as a temporary measure. \ system of patrols combined with
Searchlight posts is recommended to guard these pipes. Camel
patrols would be ve^y suitable since thew move silentl' ,r and little
warning would be given of their approach.
6 - SI m RA terminal .
This consists of a few storage tanks and pumping plant to
boost the.oil along the pipes to the loading wharf/ It is situated
about 7^ miles South of M.AUAMAH on the East coast of SITRA Island.
No vital damage can be done here as even if the pumning plant were
destroyed there are mobile pumps available to replace them. All
that is required for protection is a small guard.
7.
L oad lines to Loading Wharf .
These run for 3j miles out tn sea at first supported on
ooacrotc; piers tnen in swallow Warner and for mne last 500 .yards in
deep water. There is a small island one third of the way out. It
would be possible for persons to approach The pipes at low tide by
v - r a._ i.g or bp small ooat at high tide. The protection recommended
is scs rchiigrts mounted at 3ITRA terminal and the Loading Wharf and
also a searchlight and Machine Gun post on one Island in between.