Question

The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization was founded to prevent the spread of Communism throughout the region. Which two Southeast Asian countries were a part of SEATO? (Select all that apply.)

Laos
Pakistan
Vietnam
Cambodia
Thailand

Answer 1

Pakistan and Thailand

Step-by-step explanation:

Most of the SEATO member states were countries located elsewhere but with an interest in the region or the organization. Australia and New Zealand were interested in Asian affairs because of their geographic position in the Pacific. Great Britain and France had long maintained colonies in the region and were interested in developments in the greater Indochina region. For Pakistan, the appeal of the pact was the potential for receiving support in its struggles against India, in spite of the fact that neither country was located in the area under the organization's jurisdiction. Finally, U.S. officials believed Southeast Asia to be a crucial frontier in the fight against communist expansion, so it viewed SEATO as essential to its global Cold War policy of containment.

Answer 2

The two Southeast Asian countries that were a part of SEATO were Pakistan and Thailand.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was an international collective defense organization created by the Manila Pact, signed on September 8, 1954. The formal organization of SEATO was established at a meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, in February 1955, where its headquarters was established, its main purpose being to block possible communist advances in Southeast Asia. The organization was dissolved on June 30, 1977.

The organization was intended to be an Asian version of NATO, in which the military forces of each of its members would be coordinated to jointly defend each of the signatory countries. SEATO used parts of the armed forces of each member country for annual joint military maneuvers.

It consisted of eight countries: Australia, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, Great Britain, and the United States.