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from their families,
Therefore, concentrate on recruiting bachelor
who are, much less trouble in action.
:
(c) Difficulties of preventing populace (1) from living
continuously in A.R.P. tunnels (ii) in getting them out of the
tunnels after every raid in order to replenish fresh air supply.
(d) Difficulties of transport - particularly in ensuring
that "native" drivers function under shell-fire. And the necessit;
of providing European escorts where it is important that transport
should reach its destination without fail.
(e) Where power is largely used, to provide alternative
arrangements against the possible breakdown of the power station,
e.g. in Hong Kong practically all petrol pumps worked by power,
and when that failed, though there was plenty of petrol, it was a
matter of extreme difficulty to get hold of it. Provide, therefor
olberrative arrangements for everything electrically-driven to be
sure that large-scale cooking is possible by means of coal and wo
fires or stovas.
(f) Provide facilities in advance for large-scale boiling,
storage and transport of water.
bugbear.
(g) Transport under bombing or shell-fire is a constant
Provide generous repair and refuelling facilities in ligh
ed depots, where all this can be done at night.
(h) Proceed on the assumption that repair work to vital
points (water mains, roads etc.) will be possible only at dawn and
a twilight.
૨, Was telephonic communication maintained throughout as between
Headquarters and the various A.R.P. units ?
A. Yes.
Q.
A.
Were the boy scouts reliable ?
I think so don't know a great deal,
Q. Was a complete black-out observed or was it necessary to
employ forcible methods ?
A. The black-out was excellent on a voluntary basis.
Military
orders were to shoot out any exposed lights and these orders were
infrequently resorted to.