TheAnglo-Malayan Defence Agreement (AMDA) was set up on 19 September 1957 to provide a security umbrella for the newly independentMalaya. AMDA was a bilateral defence agreement between theUnited Kingdom and theFederation of Malaya, which also committedAustralia andNew Zealand to assist Britain in the defence of Malaysia. This agreement was used to justify Australian and New Zealand involvement in theMalayan Emergency and theIndonesian-Malaysian Confrontation.[1] The agreement was formally signed by the British and Malayan Governments on 12 October 1957.[2]
WhenMalaysia was created in 1963, AMDA was renamed theAnglo-Malaysian Defence Agreement and continued to provide some measure of security to the new federation. AMDA was later replaced with theFPDA.[3]
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