'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎907r] (1892/1904)

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In support of this request he declared that he had been bom
of English parents at Heaelengen near Breaten , and in proer
of hie 6tat' :.:ent produced a certificate purporting, zo v--
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been reoorred by the f>rovo&f of Dundee certifying the/i^titr
-ity of one John BroTm^whoxa'fh^elalxaed his father • A a<\.
of this certificate le on ay record and ' ax-taoh
a duplicate of it •
mi'n^howlrj^ this dccuffient., Bfowr stated that he had obtain
it in order to avoid oosspuleory military service in ^eraanj
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■siixich be would otherwise have been Obliged to undergo h«
havtsng been born and bred In Gemany .
On the i-.-.i, h of tl -.ifi a :B rltl0b passport wa* iC
-sued to ^rown ^
Before granting hiia a paSeport it alight have been well
iUt aS | s 4 to produce •. birib-of ?ti.L'ica/e ^ -fsw^jwwsa^
444fliiiH44 we his word for it that he
is the son of the John Brown figuring In the Dundee certifictv
Be that as it may however - presune that for purposes of the
present case we aust accept the view that he is actually a
British subject and on the whole it gecms advantageous to
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For instance whereas , in case he were e. ^ernan , tli©
German Government would perhaps be in a better poslotion
to argue thst the trsnsfcr by Hassan Saaalyeh on 10th or 16 th
October was a valid contract.
On
now that JUrown is a British subject
fa iSiMaw. ^
UeewiAa.!^ becoaa§ one betweoii tew British subjects apd n n Oilly
Itiiftnd the ^overr^ient i-r© sale Judges of its legality
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