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SEATO's limited legacy reshaped by Dulles and Vietnam
The piece reviews the SEATO alliance born in 1954 to back Southeast Asia without colonial partners. It notes Dulles secured peacetime presidential authority but failed to enlist solid Allied backing, leaving the United States to bear the burden as Vietnamization unfolds.
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New York Times
Schruns
Austria
France
Vietnam
SSATO
John Foster Ulles
United States
Congress
South Vietnam
Dulles
Britain
U.S
Dienbienphu
London
Paris
Frar
Southeast Asia
Magsaysay
Philippines
Geneva
Bangkok
SEATO
Senate
Saigon
South Korea
Australia
Thailand
Pakistan
Robert Scott
Scott
Kennedy
Francois de Callieres
Louis XIV
White House