‘File 28/1 R Reports from C.A.S.O.C. A.R.P. etc.’

Title:

‘File 28/1 R Reports from C.A.S.O.C. A.R.P. etc.’

Date:

1940/1940

Description:

Abstract: The file’s contents relate to an enquiry made by the California-Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC), dated 27 October 1940, to the Political Agency in Bahrain, asking if British aircraft were flown over the company’s refinery at Dhahran [al-Ẓahrān] in Saudi Arabia on the night of 25/26 October 1940. A telegram from the Political Resident, dated 29 October 1940, states that the Royal Air Force (RAF) have orders not to fly over Saudi territory. A letter from Floyd William Ohliger of CASOC to R T Hallowes at the Bahrain Political Agency, dated 29 October 1940 (ff 6-7) describes CASOC’s response to the bombing of the Dhahran refinery by Italian aircraft on 19 October 1940, with details of: air raid precautions (ARP) taken, including blackout measures; cessation of regular operations at the refinery; the intention to resume operations at the refinery with measures to restrict lighting; a description of the sighting of planes on 19 October 1940, with times, location and directions.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 10; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-9; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Petroleum industry
Petroleum refineries
Second World War (1939-1945)

Geographic region:

Dhahran

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000040_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000040_en
IOR/R/15/2/671
IOR/R/15/2/671

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