The Sulu-derived claim in the diplomatic record

The Philippines took up a claim derived from the asserted rights of the Sultan of Sulu and his heirs. Australia’s published diplomatic record identifies that connection explicitly: the heirs maintained that the territory had been leased, and the Philippine claim rested on succession to Sulu’s sovereign rights.

Date

1963 · records the 1962 claim

Document type

Published diplomatic record with editorial annotation

Issuing authority / creator

Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Citation

Australia and the Formation of Malaysia, 1961–1966, document 17, Record of Conversation Between Kimber and Tange, with editorial footnote 2; NAA A1838, TS696/17/1 part 4.

Why it matters

The editorial footnote traces the Philippine claim to the asserted rights of the Sultan and his heirs.