Seato was flawed from the start. Unlike NATO, it did not have a standing force, and had no clear response protocol if a member state were to come under communist attack. By some ironic twist of ...

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Alone among U.S. allies in SEATO, France enthusiastically backed Sihanouk’s demands for a Geneva conference guaranteeing Cambodia’s neutrality (it is already guaranteed by the SEATO treaty).