Word: seato
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...policy as essentially military policy. Thus the fiasco of unleashing Chiang ("In an effort to create a world balance of power, we upset the local balance of power"), thus the Baghdad Pact ("Just because NATO worked in Europe, people thought the idea best for every region"), thus the utopian SEATO pipe dream ("We've armed an awful lot of people in Asia who would never think of firing a gun, not even at a Chinese communist...
...declared martial law because of "pressure of internal and external forces, especially of the Communists." In the name of the "revolutionary party," Sarit promised Thailanders that he would 1) respect the power and independence of the courts, 2) adhere to all of Thailand's international obligations, especially SEATO. Sarit is reportedly quite impressed by the way General de Gaulle is handling affairs in France, and believes that he might do as well himself if only he did not have to face so many democratic handicaps...
...thinking primarily of Latin American relations, he enlisted the aid of Michigan's late, great Senator Arthur Vandenberg, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, in providing for the right of U.N. members to make regional security pacts, thereby laid the groundwork for such postwar defense alliances as NATO, SEATO and the Baghdad Pact...
When Dwight Eisenhower proclaimed his tough "no appeasement" principle (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), most NATO and SEATO members dutifully applauded. But the heartfelt cheers came when Ike reiterated U.S. willingness to negotiate, and the State Department announced that U.S. Ambassador Jacob Beam and Red China's urbane Wang Ping-nan would meet in Warsaw's 18th century Myslewiki Palace at the beginning of this week...
...enough to wrench State Department eyes momentarily away from the Mideast crisis. Carl W. Strom, U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia, flew home to Washington for consultations. Neighboring Thailand abruptly declared a "state of emergency" on its border with Cambodia. Voices were raised in the Philippines for a meeting of the SEATO powers to deal with Cambodia's action...