...preserve the peace and security of their region; and (d) Foreign bases, which were recognised as being temporary in nature, should not be allowed to be used directly or indirectly to defer the national independence of any of the three countries who agreed to abstain from the use of...

...by the defence provisions of the London Agreement, were met in the Joint Statement by the agreement that 'foreign bases - temporary in nature - should...indirectly to subvert the national independence' of the Maphilindo countries, a formulation which was vague and noncommittal enough to satisfy everybody...

...military bases in Malaya. the Philippines. and Indonesia were to be regarded as "temporary" and not to be used "directly or indirectly to subvert the...national independence of any of the three countries." and that each would "abstain from the use of collective defense to serve the particular interests of...

...The key passage reads as follows: Being in Agreement that foreign bases are temporary in nature and should not be allowed to be used directly or indirectly to subvert the national independence of their countries. and that the arrangements of collective defence should not be used to serve the particular...

...region lies primarily in the hands of the Governments and the peoples of the countries concerned' and that 'foreign bases — temporary in nature — should...national independence of any of the three countries'. This was read in London as enshrining the Indonesian determination to be a major South-East Asian Power...

...significance. We agreed that foreign bases which we consider to be temporary in nature, should not be used directly or indirectly to subvert the national independence of any of our three countries. Furthermore, in accordance with the principle enunciated in the Bandung Declaration,...