Word: seato
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...political progress, he cited the example of the little Indo-China kingdom of Laos, plagued by Communist-supported "disloyal elements." The government of Laos is "worried, lest, if it suppresses the Communists within, it will be struck by the Communists from without." But, he explained, if the U.S., through SEATO, promises protection from aggression, Laos can turn its full attention to putting down subversion...
...SEATO's first job is to bolster the Indo-China nations of South Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia, and to provide them with sufficient armed forces to fight infiltration and establish order...
...Ultimately, SEATO could become the hard core of a grand anti-Communist alliance of the Pacific, embracing all the nations linked to the U.S. by treaties and stretching from Korea's 38th parallel south to Australia and New Zealand...
Down the Line. Before Formosa his trip had been little short of historic. The first U.S. Secretary of State to travel in continental Asia, he began by flying from the SEATO conference in Bangkok (TIME, March 7) to neutral Burma (where Premier U Nu received him with considerably more coolness than he had shown to Red China's Chou En-lai eight months before). After a day in Burma, he traded his big Constellation for a lighter C-47, so he could land in the Indo-China kingdom of Laos. Cambodia came next day; there he listened attentively...
...this power should be segregated and chopped up, and allocated to various threatened countries, there would not be enough to go around. Kept mobile, it can be shifted to any spot when required. Dulles reiterated that the U.S. regards the SEATO treaty as a clear and definite promise to come to the aid of any member who suffers aggression...