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| 1961, Oct. 16 |
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| Malayan prime minister Prince Abdul Rahman told Parliament that Britain would not be allowed to use Singapore as a SEATO defense base after the merger of Malaya and Singapore. | 1 |
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| 1962, July 31 |
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| The agreement to establish the federation of Malaysia, comprising Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak, Brunei, and British Borneo, was signed in London. | 2 |
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| 1963, June 11 |
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| Foreign ministers of Malaya, Indonesia, and the Philippines announced a proposed mutual defense treaty to protect their countries from subversion. They urged a “confederation of nations of Malay origin,” and they expressed agreement on their conflict over the projected federation of Malaysia. | 3 |
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| Aug. 12 |
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| In accordance with a request by the presidents of Indonesia and the Philippines, and the prime minister of Malaya, Secretary-General U Thant named a UN fact-finding mission to survey the wishes of the people of North Borneo and Sarawak. But on Aug. 29 the Malayan government proclaimed that the federation of Malaysia would be formed regardless of the UN mission report, which was expected to be issued on Sept. 14. | 4 |
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| Sept. 16 |
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| THE FEDERATION OF MALAYSIA, comprising Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak, and North Borneo, was formally established. | 5 |
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| Sept. 17 |
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| Malaysia severed ties with Indonesia and the Philippines because of their opposition to the new federation. | 6 |
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