SEATO was actually formed around that time frame, and France was part of SEATO. SEATO was dissolved in about 1977 because France and Pakistan withdrew from SEATO.
SEATO was formed to protect the free nations of South East Asia "Treaty Organization" from a communist attack.
France had little to nothing to do with why and when SEATO was formed; communism had something to do with it.
The UN (United Nations) was formed in 1945. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was formed in 1949. ANZUS (Australia New Zealand United States Treaty) was formed in 1951. SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) was formed in 1954/1955; was dissolved in 1977, when Pakistan & France withdrew.
The SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation) alliance was an alliance to sanction the U.S presence in Vietnam. The treaty was between the representatives of Australia, France, Great Britain, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States.
ANZUS: Australia, New Zealand and United States SEATO: Australia, Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, United States
The SEATO Treaty (South-East Asia Treaty Organisation) was signed in 1954
The United States, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, the Philippines, and Pakistan.
By 1972 Bhutto (president of that time) came to know that membership of SEATO was of limited value so he withdrew Pakistan from the organization and that is when Pakistan left SEATO.
The UN (United Nations) was formed in 1945. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was formed in 1949. ANZUS (Australia New Zealand United States Treaty) was formed in 1951. SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) was formed in 1954/1955; was dissolved in 1977, when Pakistan & France withdrew.
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SEATO (1955-1977) dissolved when Pakistan & France departed from the organization in '73 & '74.
The SEATO was basically formed to eliminate any chance of communism spreading to Southeast Asia.
SEATO was the Southeast Asian counterpart to NATO in Europe. It was an alliance of nations formed to prevent Communist expansion in Southeast Asia, but it was not as successful as NATO. South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos fell to the Communists some twenty years after SEATO was created, and the organization was dissolved in the 1970's.
nato and seato
The SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation) alliance was an alliance to sanction the U.S presence in Vietnam. The treaty was between the representatives of Australia, France, Great Britain, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States.
Yeah, Aus joined when SEATO was signed in 1954 in Manilla, along with the US, France, Britain, Pakistan, NZ, the Philippines and Thailand
ANZUS: Australia, New Zealand and United States SEATO: Australia, Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, United States
SEATO
SEATO was the Southeast Asian counterpart to NATO in Europe. It was an alliance of nations formed to prevent Communist expansion in Southeast Asia, but it was not as successful as NATO. South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos fell to the Communists some twenty years after SEATO was created, and the organization was dissolved in the 1970's.