MEETING WITH CAPTAIN FARAYE AL SHAHRI SAUDI CIVIL DEFENSE

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Subject: MEETING WITH CAPTAIN FARAYE AL SHAHRI SAUDI CIVIL DEFENSE       

Unit: 1 MEF       

Parent Organization: FMF PAC     

Box  ID: BX600022

Folder Title: folder 2 industrial chemical threat i marine expeditionary force cna 2386                       

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               MEMORANDUM TO FILE

               Subj: Meeting with Captain Faraye Al-Shahri, Saudi Civil
               Defense Official


               1. On 13 October 1990, I a-id other members of the I MEF
           staff (Capt. Crim, LtCol. M. Kromm, and the kRCENT Civil Affairs
           Liason Officer) met with Capt. F. Al-Shahri, a Saudi civil
           defense officer. The following information was obtained
           concerning the chemicals at the Jubail Iidustrial City and the
           King Fahad Industrial Port during the meeting.

               2. Tanks for ammonia are double-shelled. We had received
           this information previously. from another source.

               3. The ammonia -@anks are configured so that in an emergency
           the ammonia would drain into the gulf. The ammonia would dissolve
           in the water making this a much safer means of dealing with large
           quantities of this material.

               4. Information about daily production a-id storage levels of
           chlorine and ammonia also were provided. These levels, which are
           provided an a daily basis to the civil defense agency, are as
           follows (for 13 October 1990):

                     a. Chlorine    daily production level: 1815 tons
                                    daily storage level: not available (NOTE
           #1)
                     NOTE #I: Daily storage levels were not provided during
           this meeting. Never'theless, we had received this information
           previously, from another source.

                     b. Ammonia (Ibn Baytar) (NOTE #2)
                                    daily production level: 1599 tons
                                    daily storage level: 5784 tons

                     NOTE #2: This company stores ammonia in both the
           industrial city and the port facility. The levels cited represent
           quantities at both the plant and the port.

                 c. Ammonia (SAMA-D)
                                    daily production level: 1166 tons
                                    daily storage level: 5331 tons

                5. Ca-Dt. Al-Shahri indicated that he would arrange a meeting
           with officials at the various companies who store or produce
           ammonia and chlorine to discuss additional measures for lowering
           stocks o@ these materials. While the captain mentioned that
           stocks of chlorine had been reduced. he did not discuss the
           ammonia stocks.

                6. We have transmitted the information regarding the ammonia


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File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-38
Box ID = BX600022
Unit = 1 MEF
Parent Organization = FMF PAC
Folder Title = folder 2 industrial chemical threat i marine expeditionary force cna 2386
Folder Seq # = 39
Subject = MEETING WITH CAPTAIN FARAYE AL SHAHRI SAUDI CIVI
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Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 06-DEC-1996