CITATION JET POSSIBLE VFR IN IMC.

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ZME HAD A 30 MIN HOLD ON ALL IFR RELEASES. I KNEW THAT THE 30 MIN HOLD COULD RESULT IN US HAVING TO WAIT ANOTHER 60 MINS. THIS WOULD RESULT IN MY PAX MISSING THEIR BUSINESS MEETING. I QUIZZED A CESSNA 172 THAT WAS SHOOTING TOUCH-AND-GOES WHAT THE BASES OF THE CLOUDS WERE. HIS REPLY WAS AROUND 1500 FT AGL. I DEPARTED OLV VFR AND CLBED TO 1200 FT MSL; WELL BELOW THE CLASS B AIRSPACE OF MEMPHIS. I THEN TURNED NE TO N TO STAY IN THE PATTERN AT OLIVE BRANCH; MS. I REQUESTED MY IFR CLRNC FROM MEMPHIS DEP AT 1200 FT MSL. THEY CLRED ME TO 2000 FT AND REQUESTED A HDG OF 090 DEGS WHICH I COMPLIED WITH. THEY THEN GAVE ME A TA ON A SAAB AT 3000 FT MSL IN OUR 12-3 O'CLOCK POS. THIS TFC I COULD SEE SINCE I WAS BELOW A SCATTERED CLOUD BASE 500 FT BUT VFR. AFTER PASSING THE SCATTERED CLOUD BASE THE CTLR ASKED WHAT VFR ALT I REQUESTED. MY CO-CAPT SAID 17500 FT WHICH WAS POSSIBLE SINCE WE WERE NEAR SCATTERED AND BROKEN CLOUD LAYERS AND COULD SEE PLENTY OF BLUE SKY. A SHORT TIME LATER I WAS CLRED IFR TO FL330 DIRECT POCKET CITY VOR. THE MEMPHIS CTLR TOLD ME TO CONTACT THE CTL TWR BY PHONE WHEN POSSIBLE. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED AND WAS INFORMED BY AN APCH CTL SUPVR THAT HE WAS TURNING PAPERWORK IN AGAINST ME. I WAS ALSO INFORMED BY THE TWR SUPVR THAT A PERSON WHO IS WITH THE FAA WAS AT THE OLIVE BRANCH ARPT WHEN I DEPARTED; SAID IT APPEARED THAT I HAD ENTERED THE CLOUDS VFR.