SEATO

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SEATO (the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) was a Cold War-era collective defense alliance formed in 1954 to prevent the spread of communism in Southeast Asia.


Statements (75)
Predicate Object
instanceOf collective defense organization
intergovernmental organization
military alliance
abbreviation SEATO
dissolved 1977
dissolvedInCity Bangkok
dissolvedInCountry Thailand
dissolvedOn 1977-06-30
founded 1954
foundedAt Manila
foundedInCountry Philippines
foundedOn 1954-09-08
fullName Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
hasLanguage Arabic
Bengali
Bulgarian
Burmese
Chinese
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Filipino
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hindi
Hungarian
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Khmer
Korean
Lao
Malay
Nepali
Norwegian
Persian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Serbo-Croatian
Sinhala
Spanish
Swedish
Tagalog
Tamil
Thai
Thai language
Turkish
Ukrainian
Urdu
Vietnamese
headquartersCountry Thailand
headquartersLocation Bangkok
ideology anti-communism
legalBasis Manila Pact
memberState Australia
France
New Zealand
Pakistan
Philippines
Thailand
United Kingdom
United States
nonMemberStateInTreatyArea Cambodia
Laos
South Vietnam
purpose collective defense
containment of communism in Southeast Asia
regionServed Southeast Asia
treatySigned Manila Pact

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
SEATO
abbreviation
SEATO ("Southeast Asia Treaty Organization")
fullName
Geneva Conference of 1954 ("Southeast Asia Treaty Organization")
influenced
SEATO ("Manila Pact")
legalBasis
Republic of Vietnam ("SEATO (de facto associated)")
memberOf
ANZUS
relatedTo
SEATO ("Manila Pact")
treatySigned

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