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'''Maphilindo''' (for [[Malaya]], the [[Philippines]], and [[Indonesia]]) was to be a nonpolitical confederation) uniting the [[Malay people]]s. In July 1963, President [[Ramon Magsaysay]] of the Philippines convened a summit meeting in Manila. Maphilindo was proposed as a realization of [[Jose Rizal]]'s dream of bringing together the Malay peoples, seen as artificially divided by colonial frontiers.

Maphilindo was described as a regional association that would approach issues of common concern in the spirit of consensus. However, it was also perceived as a tactic on the parts of [[Jakarta]] and [[Manila]] to delay, or even prevent, the formation of the [[Federation]] of [[Malaysia]]. Manila had its own claim to [[Sabah]] (formerly [[British North Borneo]]), and Jakarta protested the formation of Malaysia as a British imperialist plot. The plan failed when [[Sukarno]] adopted his plan of [[konfrontasi]] with Malaysia. The subsequent development of [[ASEAN]] almost certainly excludes any possibility of the project ever being revived.