November 16, 1971 (September 29), Xinhai, Ma, new, Indonesia announced that co-management of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore Straits.


Malaysia (on com) Singapore and Indonesia after consultations on November 16, 1971, issued a joint statement, announced the co-management of the affairs of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore Straits, and decided to form cooperative agencies responsible for the Strait navigation safety issues. [History cn]
According to reports, this measure is mainly for the Japanese government advocated the "internationalization" of the Straits of Malacca taken.
Malacca Strait is a strategic location in Southeast Asia, is located between the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, Indonesia, the total length of eight hundred kilometers, is the major waterway links the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. According to reports, Japan 90 per cent of its oil needs to be shipped to Japan via the Straits of Malacca. The continental shelf of the Straits of Malacca is rich in resources such as oil and tin monopoly capital in the United States, Japan, has there to grab the exploration and mining rights in the vast waters.
Japanese reactionaries overseas resources to plunder, aggression and expansion, has always been on the Strait of Malacca have ambitions. In recent years, it has been in the planning of a conspiracy to control the Strait of Malacca, openly advocated the Strait of Malacca is the lifeline of Japan "," Uraga waterways, the Strait of Malacca is closely related with the Japanese "(TodayinHistory.cn) claims should be sent Navy to ensure the "safety" of the Straits of Malacca. Japanese reactionaries in 1968 under the banner of "guarantee" Wheel "safety of navigation" under the guise of flagrantly conducted a broad investigation of the Straits of Malacca. Malaysia and the Indonesian government has announced that the right to expand the three-mile territorial sea to twelve nautical miles
1969, the reactionary Japanese government refuses to acknowledge. In July of this year, the Japanese reactionaries in an international conference on the Strait of Malacca international claims openly Malaysia and Indonesia will be expanded to 12 nautical miles territorial sea rights decision "protest.
Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia Joint Declaration on co-management of the Malacca and Singapore Straits affairs, clearly indicated their opposition to the Strait of Malacca, international management. However, in the joint statement the next day, a senior official of the Japanese embassy in Malaysia actually said the Japanese government "very concerned" Strait sailing "security" issues, say willing " help "ensure Strait navigation safety, has further exposed the aggressive ambitions of the Japanese reactionaries vain attempt to meddle in the Malacca Strait.