The Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty

1957 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph Braibanti
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Collective Defense

Pacific Charter and Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty

1968 ◽  
pp. 1100-1102
Author(s):  
H. F. Van Panhuys ◽  
L. J. Brinkhorst ◽  
H. H. Maas ◽  
M. Van Leeuwen Boomkamp
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Collective Defense

Southeast Asian Defense Treaty

1954 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 611-613
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Southwest Pacific ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Collective Defense

On September 8, 1954, representatives of the United States, United Kingdom, France, the Philippines, Thailand, Pakistan, Australia and New Zealand signed the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, a protocol designating the areas to which the treaty was to apply, and the Pacific Charter, a declaration setting forth the aims of the eight countries in southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific. Negotiations leading up to the actual signature of the treaty had been underway throughout the summer of 1954 and had culminated in an eight-power conference in Manila which opened on September 6.

ANZUS Pacific Security Pact

1955 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-291
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
The United States ◽  
French Government ◽  
Collective Defense ◽  
Geneva Conference ◽  
Foreign Ministers ◽  
Acceptable Agreement ◽  
Early Establishment

The Council of the ANZUS Pacific Security Pact met in Washington, D.C., on June 30, 1954, to survey the situation in southeast Asia in the light of concurrent developments. The Council members agreed that immediate action to bring about the early establishment of collective defense in southeast Asia was needed and further agreed that, should the French government be confronted, at the Geneva conference, with demands which would prevent an acceptable agreement regarding Indochina, the international situation would have been seriously aggravated. The three govern- ments were represented by their foreign ministers: Mr. Casey for Australia, Mr. Munro for New Zealand and Mr. Dulles for the United States.

Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

1962 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 660-661 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Military Exercises ◽  
Official Statement ◽  
Military Planning ◽  
Collective Defense ◽  
The Government ◽  
Council Of Ministers ◽  
The Military ◽  
Planning Office ◽  
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) Council of Ministers held its seventh annual meeting on March 27–29, 1961, in Bangkok, Thailand. The ministers exchanged information on matters affecting the treaty area and studied the report of the military advisers, who had met the preceding week. In an official statement issued at the conclusion of the meeting, the Council announced that if the current efforts to end hostilities in Laos failed, and active military attempts to obtain control of the country continued, the members of SEATO were prepared, within the terms of its treaty, to take whatever action might be appropriate in the circumstances. The Council noted with concern the continued offensive by rebel elements in Laos, who were continuing to be supplied and assisted by communist powers in flagrant disregard of the Geneva Accords, and emphasized that SEATO had no aggressive intentions. The Council desired a united, independent, and sovereign Laos, not subordinate to any nation or group of nations. The statement also expressed concern at the efforts of an armed minority, supported from the outside, to destroy the government of Vietnam and declared SEATO's firm resolve not to acquiesce in any such takeover of that country. Finally, the Council recorded its view that the organization should continue to keep developments in Laos and Vietnam under urgent and constant review. On other aspects of the situation in the treaty area, the Council firmly reiterated the need for collective defense, and for economic and social development. The Council stressed the importance of continuing to develop good relations and of increasing the sense of community among free countries in the area. The Council noted that further progress had been made during the year in jointly studying techniques of subversion and insurgency and in exchanging information on means of countering such activities. It noted with satisfaction the planning work of the military advisers, the reorganization of the military planning office, and the effective coordination achieved by the forces of member countries in the several military exercises conducted during the past year.

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