A Letter From The Publisher: Apr. 12, 1963

SOME nations are born; others are made—such as the new nation of Malaysia, which is coming to life under the guidance of the man on TIME'S cover this week. Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman. It is a complex and colorful story, and one for which we have devised a different method of telling.

The cover was painted by one of Australia's top artists, William Dobell. Inside, in the World section, you will find eight pages of color photographs, which seek to capture the primitiveness, the modernity, the ruggedness and the beauty of this new...

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