SEATO

American  

[see-toh] / ˈsi toʊ /

noun

1. an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.

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Etymology

Origin of SEATO

S(outh)e(ast) A(sia) T(reaty) O(rganization)

Example Sentences

When the U.S. helps maintain an army of 20 divisions in South Korea and the 300,000 men of the Nationalist Chinese in Formosa, it is contributing mightily to the defense of SEATO.

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Thailand even ordered its diplomats to boycott the meetings of SEATO.

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Through Turkey, on the west flank, they are linked with NATO; through Pakistan, on their east flank, they are linked with SEATO.

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His nation remains a partner of both Britain and the U.S. in SEATO.

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To the nations of SEATO, meeting in Manila next week, what happens in Indonesia is of vital importance.

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