Anglo-Malayan Defense Agreement

The Anglo-Malayan Defense Agreement was a treaty between Great Britain and the Malaya Federation for the defense of the former colony by British troops, which was valid between 1957 and 1971.

In order to meet international obligations under the Commonwealth , the British entered into an agreement on the military defense of Malaysia, which came into force on October 12, 1957. The agreement replaced ANZAM , which had existed since 1947 and which had been secured by Australian and New Zealand armed forces.

In 1959, Australia and New Zealand formally entered the agreement through an exchange of diplomatic notes . The provisions of the treaty were adopted in November 1961 for the whole of Malaysia , the successor state of Malaya, and came into force on September 16, 1963.

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

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

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