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SEATO
organization formed to assure protection against communist expansion in Southeast Asia (1955–1976). [World Hist.: EB, IX: 377]
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Part one lays the groundwork for how the United States evolved from the Washingtonian ideal of shying away from foreign entanglements to forming the foundation of several key alliances against communism--these include the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, and Central Treaty Organization.
The
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (Seato) was formed in September 1954 and was used to help validate the US participation in the proxy war against the Soviets in Vietnam.
Seato (or
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) was born in the early part of the 1960s as the Vietnam War began to intensify.
He was chairman of
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Conference in Manila in 1954, which resulted in the Manila Treaty and Pacific Charter.
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