Defense grp. formed in 1954

• Old anti-Communist grp.
• Defunct treaty acronym
• Cousin of NATO
• Defunct defense org.
• "From --- shining..."
• Former treaty org.
• One-time U.S. alliance
• '54 defense pact
• NATO's former kin

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1954, acronym for Southeast Asia Treaty Organization .