ANGLO-AMERICAN COLLUSION AND TUNKU TACTICS SAVED THE DAY
Excerpt from BDEP Malaysia by A J Stockwell pg 78
Decolonization through the integration of a non-self-governing territory with an already independent state would be regarded as legitimate that, firstly the acceding territory had ‘attained an advance stage of self-government with free political institutions’, and secondly its peoples had expressed their wishes through democratic processes based on universal adult suffrage.
In September 1962 a joint appeal from the United National Pasok Momogun Organization (North Borneo), Party Rakyat Brunei and the Sarawak United Peoples’ Party requested UN intervention to prevent the transfer of sovereignty without the exercise of self-determination.
The British had carefully monitored all such submissions and mentored Malayan representatives in techniques of lobbying for UN support.
The last and potentially most damaging appeal to the UN was submitted following an agreement at the Manila summit in August 1963 between Tunku, Macapagal and Sukarno, for UN intervention (Manila Accord, 31 July 1963)
The British argued that the legitimacy of Malaysia had already been established; so far as North Borneo and Sarawak were concerned it rested on the Cobbold Enquiry, the report of the IGC, resolutions in the legislatures of the Borneo colonies and recent popular elections.
To cut a long story short: It was urgent the British had to push Malaysia through. It was imminent the Singapore PAP regime would fall to left-wing Barisan Socialis in the general election (LKY reportedly threatened Britain and Malaya with the prospect of a Cuba at the doorstep).
The British were apprehensive the Manila Accord would deteriorate Anglo-American solidarity and affect Britain’s use of the Singapore base. Mcmillan and Kennedy came up with the UN Assessment solution to appease Indonesia and Philippines. Before commencement of the Assessment, the new Malaysia date of 16 September was already fixed! Anglo-American and Tunku’s tactics paid off; Malaysia was inaugurated with the ringing endorsement of the UN which endowed the federation with the international legitimacy that it might otherwise have lacked.
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