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APPENDIX D
TERMS OF REFERENCE OF WORKING PARTY ON TREATY OF DEFENCE AND MUTUAL SECURITY
"To consider and make recommendations on the detailed provisions of a Treaty of Defence and Mutual Assistance between Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Government of an independent Federation of Malaya, bearing in mind the following general principles:-
The Federation Government
- (a) will afford to Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom the right to maintain in the Federation the forces necessary for the fulfilment of Commonwealth and international obligations:
- (b) will continue to afford to Her Majesty's Government facilities needed in the Federation for the maintenance and support of these forces, which would include the Commonwealth Strategic Reserve:
Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom
- (c) will undertake to assist the Federation Government in the external defence of its territory.
- (d) will consult the Federation Government in regard to the exercise of their rights under the Treaty."
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