1963 ⟶ Indonesia Rejects Formation of Malaysia

Indonesia declares that it rejects the formation of Malaysia...

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🇮🇩 Indonesia Gains Sovereignty from Netherlands

Sovereignty is handed over to United States of Indonesia from the Netherlands following the Dutch-Indonesian Round Table Conference with Sukarno as the first president of the newly formed federation.⟶

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Soviet Union establishes diplomatic relations with Indonesia through an exchange of telegrams between Indonesian Vice-president, Mohammad Hatta and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrey Vyshinsky.⟶

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The Brunei People's Party launched a rebellion against the British protectorate of Brunei. This event was considered to be one of the first stages of the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation.⟶

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Indonesia declares that it rejects the formation of Malaysia, through the statement of their then-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Subandrio. Sukarno himself, as the first President of Indonesia, regarded Malaysia as a neo-colonial project and as a British puppet state in Southeast Asia. This marks the beginning of Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation.⟶

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Malaysia was formed, with Tunku Abdul Rahman as its first prime minister. This was considered to have violated the Manila Accord because Malaysia was formed before the Sabah and Sarawak self-determination election results were reported.⟶

MalaysiaSoutheast AsiaDecolonizationPolitical ConflictManila AccordIndependenceTunku Abdul RahmanSabahSarawak

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