'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎466r] (958/1904)

Uxab 9X- ; 3Tu3ci. On iicr inquiries - Linraa
iio-./war * I wag assured ty Knan Saiiab Acna Badr
•■man Brown first* Joinad Hassrs Wonc^Laaus * g fiiia at#
Jjingaht from JJuro^e, iia possess 3d a British passport«
and "tiiau clue ©nabI ad lua "to "traoa 'ohs raf ax'anoe t»o
iilm on una aa jidenoy Records,
It now appears 'onat on lota Juna 1901 Mr Bro^m
pas sad wiro?^;*! JJuanira by dire at staainer from Europe
and navtng landed wnila the sniy was lyinf in poro,
ha aalled on the 'Ijctra Assistant Resident and asjied
for a British passport.
In support of tnis raauegt he daolared tnat he had
been lorn of "^nrlisn parents at Hamelanpan near Bra-
men, and in proof of nis statement produced a oerti-
fioate purporting' to nave been recorded by the Pro
vost of "Tundee certifying t.ae British Nationality of
one John Brown, wnom tne applicant claimed as nis
father. A copy of tnis certificate is on my record
and J. attach a duplicate of it.
When producing tnis document, Mr Brovm. stated that ne
had oltained It in order to avoid aoiipu. sory military
service in rermany, wnich ne would otherwise have
Veen obliped to undergo, he having been lorn and bred
1 n iermany.
On the stranp-oh of the ?aid document a /British pass
port was issued to It Tiro-.m,
Before prantinp him a passport it mii-nt nave been
well had the Hesidency asxed him to produce a birtn-
certificate, lor as it is. we have only nis -ori lor
it that ne is the son of tae John Bro m. fipurlw in
tne Bundse certificate.
Be that as it may, however, I presume tnat for pur
poses of the present case ^a must accept tne view
tnat he is actually a British suljact and on the
whole it seams advantageous to us tnat we dhould do
so.
For instance whereas, in case ha ware a -ferman,
the