before FPDA there were this AMDA...
Anglo-Malayan Defence Agreement (AMDA) provided a security
umbrella for independent Malaya. AMDA (unlike the future FPDA), was
a bilateral defence agreement. When Malaysia was formally created
in 1963 (without Brunei's inclusion), AMDA - renamed the
Anglo-Malaysian Defence Agreement -continued to provide some
measure of security to the new federation. Just as important, ANZUK
forces were still based in Butterworth and Singapore. These forces
helped Malaysia resist Indonesia's policy of "Confrontation" which
included military action or terrorist activities in Johor,
Singapore, and Sarawak.
then the FPDA..
The Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) were agreed in 1971
and committed Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and UK to
consult in the event of an attack on Singapore or
Malaysia.
Australian Treaty Series 1971 No 21
EXCHANGE OF NOTES CONSTITUTING AN
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF
MALAYSIA ON ASSISTANCE REGARDING EXTERNAL DEFENCE
I have the honour to refer to the Exchange of Letters between the
Government of Australia and the Government of the Federation of
Malaya on 24 March and 21 April 1959, associating Australia with
the Agreement on External Defence and Mutual Assistance between the
Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland and the Government of the Federation of Malaya; to the
Exchange of Letters between the Government of Australia and the
Government of Malaysia on 17 and 18 September 1963, extending
Australia's association with the Defence Agreement to all
the territories of Malyasia; and to the Communique issued
by representatives of the Governments of Australia, Malaysia, New
Zealand, Singapore and the United Kingdom at the conclusion of the
Ministerial Meeting in London on 16 April 1971, to consider matters
of common interest to all five Governments relating to the external
defence of Malaysia and Singapore.
Australian Treaty Series 1971 No 21
EXCHANGE OF NOTES CONSTITUTING AN
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF
THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE REGARDING EXTERNAL DEFENCE
I have the honour to refer to the communique issued by
representatives of the Governments of Australia, Malaysia, New
Zealand, Singapore and the United Kingdom at the conclusion of the
Ministerial meeting in London on 16 April 1971 to consider matters
of common interest to all five Governments relating to the defence
of Malaysia and Singapore. In furtherance of the intentions
expressed in that communique I have the honour to propose that the
following arrangements shall apply between the Government of
Australia and the Government of Singapore as from 1 November
1971.
