SEATO

SEATO

(Southeast Asian Treaty Organization)

The End

SEATO was considered a failure

• ineffective
• most history books don't even mention the "Manila Pact"

Pakistan withdrew in 1972

• due to Bangladesh Liberation War
• east Pakistan seceded

France withdrew financial support in 1975

SEATO agreed to "phase out the organization"

Formally dissolved June 30, 1977

23 years

What is SEATO?

Manila Pact

The strengths:

The South-East Asia Collective Defense Treaty, or Manila Pact, aimed to contain the spread of communism in the region. The South-East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was the institutional expression of this treaty.

-A total of 6,000,000 armed forces

-Constitute of 1/7 of the world's population

-Constitute of 1/8 of world's land area

-Constitute of 62% of world's petroleum products, 60% f the world's coal production, 55% of iron ore deposits, 50% of steel production, 40% of the world's volume of trade

• It is also called the Manila Pact
• It is an alliance of nations defense and economic cooperation in Southeast Asia and South Pacific area
• Signed on 8th March, 1854 at Manila, two month after the withdrawal of French from Indochina
• Original members were US, Great Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines and Thailand

Why was it formed?

• Basically to strengthen the fabric of peace and to uphold the principles of democracy
• To provide mutual defense against armed attack and against internal subversion
• To promote the well-being of the people of Southeast Asia