Anglo-Malayan Defence Agreement

The Anglo - Malayan Defence Agreement was a treaty between Great Britain and the Federation of Malaya in defense of the former colony by British troops, was in effect 1957-1971.

In its goal to meet the international obligations under the Commonwealth, the British entered into a agreement on the military defense of Malaya, which entered into force on 12 October 1957. The agreement replaced the existing since 1947 ANZAM, which was secured by Australian and New Zealand armed forces.

1959 were Australia and New Zealand through an exchange of diplomatic notes the agreement formally at. The agreements of the contract, were taken over in November 1961 for the whole of Malaysia, the successor state of Malaya and occurred on 16 September 1963 in force.

The contract was tested in 1963 and 1964 as part of the Konfrontasi between Malaysia and Indonesia, and proved to be successful. Although Singapore in 1965 declared itself independent, the Anglo - Malayan Defence Agreement was extended to Singapore.

At a meeting in April 1971, attended by representatives of Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore, it was agreed that the agreement from 1 November of the same year should be repealed. It was replaced by the Five Power Defence Arrangements, which provides only a consultation of the two Southeast Asian countries.

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• Michael Leifer: Dictionary of the modern politics of South - East Asia. London:. Routledge 1996 ISBN 0-415-13821-3.

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