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In 1963 the proposed nonpolitical confederation Maphilindo (for Malaya, the Philippines, and Indonesia) was, for Jakarta and Manila, a tactic to prevent or delay the formation of the Federation of Malaysia. Manila had its own claim to Sabah (formerly North Borneo) , Manila believes that Sabah is part of the Philippines and Indonesia protested the formation of Malaysia as a British imperialist plot.

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