Annexes

Annex 1
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
APPLICATION FOR REVISION
OF THE JUDGMENT OF 23 MAY 2008
IN THE CASE CONCERNING
SOVEREIGNTY OVER PEDRA BRANCAJPULA U BA TU PUTEH,
M/DDLEROCKSANDSOUTHLEDGE
(MALA YSIAI SINGAPORE)
(MALAYSIA v. SINGAPORE)
Colony of Singapore Confidential Telegram No 52 from Govemor of
Singapore to Secretary of State for the Colonies dated 7 February 1958
regarding Tenitorial Waters.
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GvVeRNOR SIN-GAPORE. Maritime Circular No. 1.
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Work o~ !nte rnati{•Pal Law Cun1m~.es :t. on on Law of tbe
Seas hae been cnrried to the 'Jvint. v1here an International
Cvnfer:nce on law of the i.:it'aB · :.a to be held 1n Geneva at
the tmd of nc.>..t mcnt.IL l hav ~ •;OnHu).ted y ou on a number
of aspects et' this E.~ the "01'.b: of the Ccmw1ssion has
progl'essed ~ It ie ·~lear- one of ill(: yrinc1pal qu-estions
which sn attempt will be matle t.o settle 1s that of breadth
ot' te!"'ritoda). uea. H. M. Oov•~rnment at111 regard maintensncc
~of 3 mlle limit as highly desi~ ab le but it is becoming
' "'Increasingly Hp parent t.hat it will be v~ry difficult 1nd~ed
· t:o ma!ntain it aud thnt e1ther some concest>1on m£~,y have to
be made to viewa vl' ~.Jl:Atce who de::>1.re a "contiguous zo11e"
(aee Minute ar1e1ng from my conficient,.al Circular Despatch
o-r ~at July 19.54) or that H. M. Gove1·nment may hs.ve to be
prepared to acquiesce ~ n 9 or ~ven to ~dvoc atc . an extension
of territorial eeae to controv~rsial 6 mSlea in order to
avoj.d a decia!on in t'avour of .a wider limit . The effects
of euch exteneion t.o 6 JDilea ~or alternatively 12 miles which
will be favou~ed ~Y many Stateo) ere te1ns exRm1ned here
urgently with a vi!:w t o A decision shortJy as to wh~;tt should
b e our attitude on t his question. 1 am B\Hu~.! trom correspondence
:.·~r<~rred t.::> above and that. arising from my Circular Dt!:epatch
of: March 1et . ~952 that some territories would welcome an
extension (e . g . for f1aheriea reasons) othel1! would be
indlt't'erent as to lt, and that in socnt. cases 1.t might g1v r·
1•iee to difficulty . Your commt!nte on my Circular Despatch
ot' ~ ot July, 1954 wl!l substantially cover 12 mile 11m1 t out 4 I
X ehou~d be glad to k.i10w by tdegra h as soon as ooss 1
what y;ould be you:.r a a.tltu Sl'P• m Sfl ng mile J.lmit
whether it gives t•ise t o &ny apec1&1 dif1'1cult1es, Yrht:ther
you have any othel~ comments .
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Action: D.C.S. (j)
!n1'c: Att,...,rney-Gt:ncral (2)
P-S. G omm~ ree d: Indust..ry (2)
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2. I am a0v1eed neither n 6 mile nor a 12 mile l1m1~
woulO attec~ S1ngaporo t~ediat~ly provided present median
line 1e et1ll recognise~ but tha\ L1th s 12 mile limit the
navigable channel in Nalecca Strait "AOUld be restricted to
a w1dtb ot ono mile between ~urrsb Island and Port
Swettenham; aleo that a 6 mile 11m1t would re~trict h1gh
sees passage: or Indonesian cne1n v1a Torrea Strait (provided
lndonee1a' & present r>Ol1c.r doee not remain ae a factor t o
be coneidered) o
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--~ONFIDENTJAL TELEGRAM No. 52.
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COV.MlSSION~R G ~~RAL FOR S.E. ASIA.
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Your Priority Telegram - ~arit1me Circular No.1
TERRITORIAL WATERS.
~ ~xtone1~n of territorial waters to 6 miles would not be
ln vingapore a interest ror the following reasone:-
(a) The ap~ro3ches to Singapore are through channels between
the Indoneo1an Islands on the south and the mc.1nland of
the Federation of tlala~n on the nox·tho These channels
ore only 8t miles wide at their narrowest parts on both
the western and the eastern side. The effect of extending
terr1 tor1al waters to 6 miles would therefore be to
close the high seas channele of approach to S1n~apore .
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(c)
Provided that the right of innocent passaee is assured,
the movement of commercial shipping and aircr~ft should
not ltOrmally be impeded by the 1mposi tion of 6 m1le
l1m1 ts, but t he movement of troopships might be embarl'assec:
and 1 t might b( impossible to reinforce Singapore by air
without the permios1on of tbe Mola¥an or Indonesian
Government s o
Any extensjon of territorial waters would result in
Indonesia bein~ aolo to maintain ~trol activity closer
to shipping ~l,v1 n~ to anu from Singa_a>ore, which 1~ wh.::re
the main dant:Scr ot 1nt~ rr eronce l1ee. 1 t would be
dan~erou.to io m1n1rn1se this ri&IC, eepocially in view of
the r~oent truculence by Indonesian ~atrol boats, and the
likelihood that the Central Government of Indonesia mo.v
become more hostile when 1t finds it cannot otherwise
control the barter trade between Singapore and its
outlying provinces.
I am advised that 1t is unlikely that the: seaward defence
of S1ngapor·e could be assured without v1olot1ng terPi torial
waters of Indonesia.
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Copies to:-
n.c. s . (3)
Attorney General (2)
p.s. Commerce ! Industry (2)
Commissioner General
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ID'.O.M.A. (2)
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(e) ~anoeuvrea by the Nav.y and the R.A .P. would be restr1ctado
(t) Many t1sh1ng eround.s at .pres·ent used by Singapore fishermen
would fall within terr1 t .or1al watere of Indonesia or i!alaya.
(g) The extaneion of the Colony's territorial waters would impose
the added responsibility of policing themo
2~ It 1s therefore important to Singapore that the present 3 mile
l~m1ts of territorial waters should be retained . However, if it
is neceaeer.y 1n the lest resort to agree to a general application
of eix mile 11m1ts. not only must the right or innocent passage
through the international straits so created be reaffirmed, but
s~ec1al provision should be made for an international high seas
corridor one mile wide through the straits bet•ecn ~ingapore and
U.alayan territory on th~ north and Indonesian territory on the soutn ,
This corridor should follow the normal sh1p~1n~ channel from we&t to ,
east which 1b a~vroximat~ly as followso Prom a point j miles north d
the Brothers L1~ht to a ~oint 3 m1l~e south of oultan ~heal L16ht to
a ~oint 2 miles south of Raffles Li~ht to a point midway between the
southe~oat point or ~ t o John's Islands and Batu Bcrhanti l1tihi to
a point 1 mile north of Korsburgh Lighto
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Annex 2
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
APPLICATION FOR REVISION
OF THE JUDGMENT OF 23 MAY 2008
IN THE CASE CONCERNING
SOVEREIGNTY OVER PEDRA BRANCAIPULAU BATU PUTEH,
MIDDLEROCKSANDSOUTHLEDGE
(MALA YSIAI SINGAPORE)
(MALAYSIA v. SINGAPORE)
Memorandum reporting Labuan Haji incident, 25 February 1958 and
accompanying file note.
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Y.E.
Cuttings from the Straits Times & the S'pore Standard about the incident of the Labuan Haji
are attached. (A)&(B)
2) With reference to "X" of Mr. Wickens' message, Mr. Wickens has since told me that,
although he does not have details of the instructions issued on the subject to R.N. ships, the R.N. cd
not intervene in Johore territorial waters unless specifically requested to do so by the Fed. Govt.
This may be reasonable in Singapore but it seems odd for the Federation, where the number of miles
of coast line per Govt. launch must obviously be so great.
3) I wd. suggest that at this stage we do not need to keep the S. of S. informed of the incident.
Does Y.E. agree?
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G.S.
We have the R.N. orders. X/- above.
2. I agree no need to telegraph but we should report to S. of S. perhaps in next S.I.C.
3 We shall have more of this incidents. G.S. no doubt has a file, but he may also need a
Private office file.
Sgd (illegible)
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CUTTI;MG FROM T!!E "STRAITS TIMES"
'· AN . Indonesian gunboat harassed a K.P.M. ship 41
1 J Qhore territorial waters Ye·st~~qay but vanished .
j .. ~~~~~ the DutCh master sign,alled to Singapore fo~
The appeal- was ansV{ered
, by a Sunderland ftying ' boat
and a Malayan na:val launch.
By .the 'time the. ftying
boat r~.a_ched the scene, the I gu~boat had turned away.
_ T,he ship, 250-ton Labuan
Hadjl which left . Singapore in the morhing, is continumg
its voyage to Sauth Siam.
A me5sage from the ship ~t
noon said an Indenesian
g~unboat was hiuassing it off
Horsburgh lighthouse, 35
m11es north east of· Si.qgapore
It asked for help.
A later message s~id that
the gunboat had vanished.
The Dutch Ne.vy disclosed
yesterday that a crew of armed
Ihdonesians aboard a
Dutch ·registered vessel opened
fire on a putch destroyer
which stopped ·it 11) the straits
of Macassar l~t Thursday . .
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K.P.M. SHIP
A K.P.M. cargo ship, the
Labuan Haji, w hi eh left
~ingapore yesterday mornIng
for Thailand, sent
l frantic radio telephone
calls for assistance to the
]Master A itendant
The ship said that she was
being closely followed by an
Indonesian gun boat.
On receipt of the mes::;age
a Royal Malayan Navy motor
launch wa alerted and
in addition. a Sunderland
aircraft from the Royal Air
Force Station in Seletar was
, dispatched for investigation
When the Sunderland arrived
in the area. north of
Horsburgh Lighthouse. the
, Indonesian gunboat was seen
moving off towards Indonesia.
while the Labuan Haji
· steamed north-west within
the Federation territorial
waters.
No further incident was
reported.
Meanwhile. an Antara
news agency report received
here stated that a ship satlfng
under a British master
slipped out of Ponttanak
harbour shortly after midnight
last Thursday, without
notifying the port authorities.
The report added that tt
' was believed that the ship
was on its waY to Singaportt.
The vessel came from
Bandjarmasln and wa~
carrying a cargo of bartered
rubber from South Borneo.
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Messa~e from Mr. Wickens: (3.50 p.m.)
r;.KPM vessel Labuan Haji left Singapore
this morning for Petani. At 12.56 p.m.
message received that she was being followed
by Indonesian gunboat near Horsburgh Light
and ehe turned back to Singapore. The
RMN patrol launch left Telok Ayer to go
to the rescue. Further frantic messages
received that the Indonesian gunboat was
trying to block the Labuan Haji. Royal
; Navy were not in a position to act as ship M .X.
' still inside Johore territorial waters.
Finally, 2.15 p.m. RAF Sunderland went up
and at 2.50 p.m. Labuan Haji eignalled
that gunboat had sheered oft and she (Labuan
Haji) was turning north again and proceeding
inside Federation territorial waterB.
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Annex 3
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
APPLICATION FOR REVISION
OF THE JUDGMENT OF 23 MAY 2008
IN THE CASE CONCERNING
SOVEREIGNTY OVER PEDRA BRANCAIPULAU BATU PUTEH,
MIDDLEROCKSANDSOUTHLEDGE
(MALAYSIA/ SINGAPORE)
(MALAYSIA v. SINGAPORE)
Map of Restricted and Prohibited Areas - Singapore Territorial Waters, dated
25 March 1962
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