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Norway and Thailand have been members of NATO and SEATO respectively from the very beginning of these two organizations...
Test for the Right. Last week the SEATO powers led by the U.S. were trying to end this three-way war by bringing pressure to reconcile Premier Souvanna and General Phoumi. Their argument: the only side winning in the fight is the Communist Pathet Lao. At first Phoumi proved stubborn, ignoring four telegrams from the King asking him to meet with the Premier's military representatives at the royal palace in Luangprabang. But the new month was approaching, bringing pay day for his troops, and U.S. aid, which normally covers the army's wages, goes only...
...foot-in-the-door precedent for future U.N. intervention in the OAS and such other regional bodies as NATO and SEATO...
...member in good standing of SEATO. Thailand has not yet asked for U.S. rocket bases nor have they been offered. Militarily, rockets are probably not the appropriate answer to Communist penetration in a small neighboring nation. But the U.S. State Department, weary of hearing only the sound of complaints, found Sarit's voice a pleasant change. Said Sarit: "We are prepared to meet steel with steel anytime...
...best advantage the single deterrent that the West then had-the atomic bomber. The process was stepped up during the Korean war, until now U.S. planes and ships operate out of 80 U.S. bases in 25 lands and territories. Under terms of bilateral treaties and NATO and SEATO alliances, the U.S. also has the stand-by use of some 170 other air- and sea-bases. So effective has been this round-the-compass deterrent that the Soviets have made destruction of the U.S. base system a prime point of policy, have pursued it by threats against U.S. allies, by propaganda...