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SEATO

American

[see-toh] / ˈsi toʊ /

noun

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.

Etymology

Origin of SEATO

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

Example Sentences

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An admirer of Nehru, the Tengku has already served notice that Malaya will not join SEATO.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thailand, a land of green canals, gilded pagodas and 20-ft.-high poinsettias, is headquarters for SEATO.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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