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

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

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Its guarantees would probably include the protection of Laos, Cambodia and South Viet Nam, although these countries, with their freedom restricted by the Geneva agreement, might not be able to join SEATO.

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He would also withdraw the U.S. from SEATO, dismissing the treaty as "one of those Dulles pacts that has never meant anything."

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Nostalgic Thais recall the glorious days when Siam's elephant corps was its dreaded force de frappe.*As a member of SEATO, Thailand nowadays sets more store by its U.S.-supplied M-24 tanks.

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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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