HC Deb 28 February 1966 vol 725 c197W
Mr. Wyatt

asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations if he will specify the nature of each of the treaties under which an obligation exists to defend Malaysia, as referred to in Chapter II, paragraph 3, of Part II of the Statement on the Defence Estimates.

Mr. Bottomley

An Agreement on External Defence and Mutual Assistance was concluded between the Governments of the United Kingdom and the Federation of Malaya on 12th October, 1957 (Cmnd. 263). This was extended to all territories of Malaysia by Article VI of the Malaysia Agreement of 9th July, 1963 (Cmnd. 2094).

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