- Southeast Asia Treaty Organization - Wikipedia
Map of SEATO members in 1959, shown in blue The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was an international organization for collective defense in Southeast Asia created by the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty signed in September 1954 in Manila, Philippines
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The formation of SEATO was a response to the demand that the Southeast Asian area be protected against communist expansionism, especially as manifested through military aggression in Korea and Indochina and through subversion backed by organized armed forces in Malaysia and the Philippines
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In September of 1954, the United States, France, Great Britain, New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand and Pakistan formed the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, or SEATO The purpose of the organization was to prevent communism from gaining ground in the region
- SEATO: Why It Survived until 1977 and Why It Was Abolished
The South East Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO) was established under the aegis of the Manila Pact which was formed in September 1954
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Sometimes referred to as the Manila Pact, this agreement created the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) The Eisenhower administration and especially Secretary of State John Foster Dulles had worked to establish this loose alliance after the Geneva Agreement on Indochina ended the French war in Southeast Asia in 1954
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What Was SEATO? The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, also known as SEATO, was an organization formed in September 1954 in response to a growing threat of communism during the Cold War
- SEATO: Why It Survived until 1977 and Why It Was Abolished
SEATO survived when, at first sight, common sense would have dictated it should have been wound up because of Thai and Filipino demands Paradoxically, American disengagement and reconciliation with the prime adversary of SEATO, China, heightened Thai and Filipino need for American reassurance
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