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GRAND CAYMAN 13210UZ AUG 79
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TELEGRAR NUMBER 93 OF 1 AUGUST 1979
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YOUR. TELNO 667: OUR TELNO 01 AS FOLLOWS:
1. WOULD PREFER TERM BRITISH CITIZEN OF DEPENDENT OVERSEAS
TERRITORIES WHICH MIGHT BDBYCOYXHLAXQQHDPONVD (SIC) BRITISH CITIZEN OF OVERSEAS DEPENDENCIES. (STRONG SELLING POINT LOCALLY WILL BE TO KEEP TERM BRITISH CITIZEN INTACT AND QUALIFY
IT AS REQUISITE. THIS WOULD PLACE THE TEAM USED FOR DEPEN- DENDENCIES CLOSER TO DEFINITION FOR BRITISH CITIZENS THAN
BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZEN OR BRITISH COLONIAL CITIZEN.
2. IN THE CAYMANIAN PROTECTION LAW ACQUISITION OF CAYMANIAN STATUS BY BIRTH CN BE OBTAINED BY A CHILD BORN OF A MOTHER ABROAD PROVIDED: (A) THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER BIRTH HE IS A BRITISH SUBJECT, (B) AT LEAST ONE OF HIS PARENTS AT THE TIME OF BIRTH POSSESSES CAYMAN STATUS AND (C) BOTH HIS PARENTS AT THE TIME OF BIRTH ARE DOMICILED IN CAYMAN ISLANDS. WHERE CHILD IS BORN ILLEGITIMATELY AND IS NOT SUBSEQUENTLY LEGITIMATED, STATUS AND DOMICIL OF PUTATIVE FATHER IS DIS- COUNTED AND ONLY STATUS AND DOMICIL OF MOTHER ARE REGARDED. 3. ON THIS ANALOGY ACQUISITION OF COLONIAL CITIZENSHIP BY A CHILD BORN TO A CAYMANIAN MOTHER ABROAD IS NOT LIKELY TO BE CONTESTED PROVIDED THAT THERE IS SOME QUALIFICATION
AS TO DOMICIL AND CITIZENSHIP OF ONE OR BOTH PARENTS
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I HAVE CONSULTED ATTORNEY GENERAL ONLY IN PREPARING ABOVE
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