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GEORGE John Charles Mercer Nairne Petty-Fitzmaurice, the 8th Marquess of Lansdowne (1912-1999) Minister of State for the Colonies (April, 1962-October, 1964) is perhaps better known in Sarawak and Sabah as Lansdowne, Chairman of the Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC). The IGC was tasked to prepare a blue print to lay the groundwork for the merger of the Borneo territories with Singapore and Malaya.  The IGC Report purported to articulate among other constitutional matters, safeguards for the Borneo territories. However, it did not go to the extent of delineating the right of these territories – as prospective equal partners – to secede from the proposed federation despite a strong representation made to the Cobbold Commission for such right (Para. 47, Report of the Commission of Enquiry, North Borneo and Sarawak, June, 1962)

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