WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary that a Philippine Committee be designated to sit down with a counterpart group of the Malaysian Government for the purpose of reaching an agreement on the mode of settlement of the Philippine claim to North Borneo in conformity with the Manila Accord of July 31, 1963, and the Joint Statement of August 5, 1963;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, do hereby constitute and designate the members of the Philippine Committee as follows:

Secretary Narciso Ramos	-	Chairman
Senator Lorenzo M. Sumulong	-	Member
Congressman Emmanuel Pelaez	-	Member
Congressman Manuel Enverga	-	Member
Ambassador Eduardo Quintero	-	Member

The Philippine Committee is authorized to engage the services of such technical assistance or personnel as may be needed for the negotiation herein referred to.

The necessary expenses that may be incurred by the Committee in the performance of its work shall be chargeable to the Office of the President.

Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-seven.


By the President:

(Sgd.) RAFAEL M. SALAS
Executive Secretary