The Cold War continues: Emissaries from the Commonwealth of Australia, the Republic of France, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United states, sign the Manila (Philippines) Pact, creating the SouthEast Asia Treaty Organization. The purpose of SEATO is to block the expansion of communist influence in southeast Asia.
[restored 9/18/2022]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface
References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 381.