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Southeast Asia Treaty Organization - Encyclopedia.com (1001 words) |
 | SEATO relied on the military forces of member nations and joint maneuvers were held annually. |
| SEATO's principal role was to sanction the U.S. presence in Vietnam, although France and Pakistan withheld support. |
| Unable to intervene in Laos or Vietnam due to its rule of unanimity, the future of the organization was in doubt by 1973, and SEATO was ultimately disbanded in 1977. |
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| SEATO was designed to be a Southeast Asian version of NATO, in which the military forces of each member would be coordinated to provide for the collective defence of the members. |
| Despite being intended to provide a collective, anti-communist shield to Southeast Asia, SEATO was unable to intervene in the conflicts in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam because an intervention required a decision of unanimity, which was never reached; France and the Philippines objected. |
| SEATO was created as part of the Truman Doctrine of creating anti-communist bilateral and collective defence treaties. |
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