Word: maphilindo
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There would be economic sense in further Asian groupings. A revival of Sukarno's Maphilindo (Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia), which fell apart because of his own anti-Malaysia campaign, would furnish markets for Indonesia's untapped riches. If some military and political stability can ever be achieved, a logical common market would be the Southeast Asia peninsula, including Burma, with its interlaced river network providing needed transportation. And, except for Japanese-Korean animosity, Japan could reduce its production costs by farming out some industries to South Korea, where people need the jobs, and aim for Taiwan...
...region. The Baguio Conference of 1950, called by Philippine President Elpidio Quirino and held in the craggy, cool highlands north of Manila, brought together such disparate neighbors as Australia, Ceylon, India, Indonesia, Pakistan and Thailand, and ended with agreement on joint action for the region. The principle of "Maphilindo," endorsed by Marcos' predecessor, Diosdado Macapagal, idealized the hope of Asia's Malay nations (Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia) to regroup ethnically after ages of European-imposed fragmentation. Marcos himself has led the Philippines into a new Asian grouping, the nine-nation ASPAC? and simultaneously he has revived the long dormant Association...
...Cabinet ministers appear sound though they are as yet largely untested. He himself will take the Defense portfolio, while War Hero and former U.N. Assembly President Carlos Romulo is to run the Education Ministry. Foreign Secretary Francisco Ramos, 65, holds little hope for the Macapagal pipe dream of Maphilindo (a federation of Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia) but nonetheless sees a chance of improving relations with Indonesia without any danger of selling out to Red China in the process...
...winked, "But that doesn't mean I went to sleep early." Macapagal and the Tunku roared with laughter. Getting down to business, the three leaders swiftly approved the principle of a loose association of the future Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia, to be known, by syllabic fusion, as Maphilindo. But then came the blow from Sukarno, who has long opposed Malaysia, has only lately and reluctantly accepted the idea. Sukarno insisted on a full-scale referendum in Sarawak and North Borneo before Malaysia comes into existence, to "ascertain" whether these territories really want the federation. They plainly...
...Having made this political move more favorable to the West, some observers expect that Sukarno will soon make a move to placate Red China. Next step: a July summit conference at Manila between Sukarno, Abdul Rahman and Macapagal to set up a permanent consultative group to be known as Maphilindo...
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