SEATO
Fear of communist expansion in Asia.
Communist expansion in South East Asia.
SEATO
The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization was primarily created to block further communist gains in Southeast Asia.
Out of fear or self protection from a communist threat of expansion in Asia.
The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization was primarily created to block further communist gains in Southeast Asia.
From 1946-1954, the Communist backed Viet Minh battled the French to remove them from Indochina.
To contain the expansion of Communism, promote Democracy, To strengthen and aide anti-communist elements and Military objectives. They were to train, equip, and support anti-communist elements
it didnt
Communist China.
No. First of all, Asia is not a country. Asia is a continent. It has many countries. Some of those countries are communist, but many of them are not.
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.