"ملف 28/1 K I دفاع حقل النفط ومصفاة التكرير" [و‎‎١‎١‎١] (٦٨٤/٢٢١)

15. Anti-Aircraft Lip;h.t Machine Guns*- Three or four poocs i-e
to he erected in the refinery with the particular object of
protecting the Power plant and other vulnerable points. Hao..
post is to have a fixed mounting, and is to be protected by
sandbag walls. Posts are to be manned by personnel working in
the refinery. Such personnel will be limited as the majority
of British and American personnel are engaged on "key 1 * duties,
'personnel for this duty need not necesarily be members of the
Volunteer Porce. The Light Machine Guns and ammunition
required are to be retained permanently at the refinery. The
D.O. is to work out some system whereby they can be adequately
safeguarded and at the same time be ready for use at short
notice. Owing to the nature of their duties it will not be
possible for men working in the refinery to man these guns until
after warning has been received. In addition 5 or 6 similar
posts (making 9 in all) are to be constructed outside the
refinery. These latter posts are to be manned by Volunteers
from AV/ALI Gamp, in the event of sufficient warning being
obtained. At present, the Light Machine Guns available for
A.A. defence at the refinery are borrowed temporarily from the
BAHREIN Government. INDIA have been asked to provide nine
Light Machine Guns (Vickers Berthier) for issue to the Voiui eors.
These guns have not yet arrived owing to the units in IITDI .
receiving preference. Major Rose said he would find ou" on
return, if 4 Lewis Guns and connected equipment v/ere ava" In at
HABBANIYA for issue to the D.O. as a temporary measure. s ^ .'.0
is requested to investigate this possibility).
16. Air Raid Warning System. - The D.O. is to ensure miau i
adequate system of Air Raid warnings exists for the refinery ree
Details are to be included in the Defence Scheme.
17. Natoors* Camp. - The temporary camp occupied by the Natoors
in the vicinity of the perimeter fence is to be evacuated, and
the Natoors moved to the native camp about half a mile away*
DEFENCE OF OILFIELDS AREA.
18. 3.A.3.0. pointed out, and Mr, LIPP agreed, that, in
the case of the Oilfields area, it was impossible to ensure
100% security. A large area is involved which contains some 60
well heads, and to provide complete protection against sabotage
wouldnrsquire a large body of trained troops, which are not
available. What is wanted is the maximum possible security
consistent with the resources available. Present local re
sources are limited to the Special Defence Police Force. as
the number of Police and Natoors available is comparatively
small it is all the more important that they should be well
trained, and used to the best possible advantage.
19. By Day. Oil personnel are constantly moving over ti-
area by day, and one lookout post is considered sufficient to
give warning of any unusual occurrence. The best site for this
post appears to be on the hill near the water tower. The man an
duty should have a telephone with which to communicate with
AV/ALI CAMP. The D.O. is to work out the number of reliefs
required. Probably two men will be sufficient, one man being
on duty at a time.
20. By Night. The best means of protection is by means
of active patrolling. The oilfields area can be divided into
3 sub-areas, A, B and C, each sub-area containing about 20 wells.
A further sub-division of these areas is undesirable as this
would require more men for patrolling than are available.
(Continued/
Each area