Anglo–Malayan Defence Agreement

The Anglo-Malayan Defence Agreement (AMDA) was set up on 19 September 1957 to provide a security umbrella for the newly independent Malaya. AMDA was a bilateral defence agreement between the United Kingdom and the Federation of Malaya, which also committed Australia and New Zealand to assist Britain in the defence of Malaysia. This agreement was used to justify Australian and New Zealand involvement in the Malayan Emergency and the Indonesian-Malaysian Confrontation.[1] The agreement was formally signed by the British and Malayan Governments on 12 October 1957.[2]

When Malaysia was created in 1963, AMDA was renamed the Anglo-Malaysian Defence Agreement and continued to provide some measure of security to the new federation.[3] During Singapore's separation from Malaysia in 1965, specific provisions were put in place in the Constitution and Malaysia (Singapore Amendment) Act 1965 to guarantee the United Kingdom could continue to use bases and facilities based in Singapore.[4][5]

AMDA was later replaced with the FPDA in 1971.[3]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "White Paper on Malayan Defence", Statements published overseas, 19 September 1957, External Affairs Review (New Zealand), Vol VII, No. 9 (September 1957), 12-13.
  2. ↑ "Chronology of International Events", External Affairs Review, Vol VII, No. 10 (October 1957), 42.
  3. 1 2 Rolls, Mark G. (2005). "Chapter 7: Growing Apart: New Zealand and Malaysia". In Smith, Anthony L. (ed.). Southeast Asia and New Zealand: A History of Regional and Bilateral Relations. Victoria University Press. pp. 215–223. ISBN 0-86473-519-7.
  4. ↑ Lee, H.P. (July 1976). "Part II: An Analysis of the Legal Effects of Constitutional Amendments in Malaysia" (PDF). Malaya Law Review. 18: 99–100 – via Singapore Journal of Legal Studies.
  5. ↑ Jayakumar, S. (July 1970). "Singapore and State Succession: International Relations and Internal Law". International and Comparative Law Quarterly. 19 (3): 398–423. doi:10.1093/iclqaj/19.3.398. JSTOR 757907 – via JSTOR.


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