The UN soon created another UN "Regional Arrangement," the
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).
(3) Although the
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization is defunct, the Manila Pact that created it remains in force and is an essential component of the U.S.
Then, according to the practices then prevailing, he transferred into the Transportation Corps, only to be shifted to a 9-month detail to Task Force Air Cobra--a semisecret
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) operation in Thailand-to evaluate its potential to host a large U.S.
He was referring to the
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, a U.S.-led alliance made up of the United States, Australia, Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines and Thailand.
By the early 1960s much of the planning within the
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) for a regional conflict was predicated upon the defence of Thailand, and the Thais sent an expeditionary force to fight alongside the Americans and other Free World Military Assistance Forces, although at least in American eyes its combat attainments were mixed.