Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 38, Number 26. 1975

[Introduction]

A few weeks ago the South-East Asian Treaty Organisation ( Seato) was quietly put to sleep at a little publicised meeting in New York.

While it was never particularly important in itself, the passing of Seato signifies the historic changes that have taken place in South-East Asian politics. As the tide of national liberation sweeps the region, the anti-communist alliances of the 1950's and 1960's have fallen to pieces.