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Definition of South East Asia Treaty Organization in English: South East Asia Treaty Organization(also SEATO) proper noun A defence alliance which existed between 1954 and 1977 for countries of SE Asia and part of the south-western Pacific, to further a US policy of containing communism. Its members were Australia, Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the US.
Definition of South East Asia Treaty Organization in US English: South East Asia Treaty Organization(also SEATO) proper noun A defence alliance which existed between 1954 and 1977 for countries of SE Asia and part of the southwestern Pacific, to further a US policy of containing communism. Its members were Australia, Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the US.
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