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NOTES ON THE SAFEGUARDING AND CONSERVING CULTURAL MATERIAL IN THE FIELD                23.

accepted without adequate control of the situation; and in the case of monuments and materials of culture, [[underline]] effective guardianship is the first and essential step in this control. [[/underline]]

(ii) Apart from the matter of trustworthiness, local officials and inhabitants, especially in enemy countries, may not have enough authority to deal with members of the occupying forces.  Language difficulties may also lead to misunderstanding, or worse.

2. Establish as safe an environment as possible for the material to be safeguarded.  This can for the most part be done without handling the material.  Measures necessary include: 
  (i) [[underline]] Precautions against fire [[/underline]]
     (a) Remove inflammable material from the immediate neighborhood.
     (b) Forbid smoking and lighting of fires in immediate neighborhood.
     (c) Organize means to put out fires.  Discover the nearest water supply; provide hose pipes, buckets, dry earth or sand, and shovels; see that such men as you control understand their duties in case of fire.  As regards patent extinguishers, only those charged with carbon dioxide are