<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokwakhiwa kwayo, i-SEATO yasheshe yaba yinto engenamsebenzi kwezempi, njengoba amazwe amaningi ayingxenye yayo ayefaka isandla esincane kakhulu kule nhlangano. Nakuba amabutho ezempi e-SEATO ayeqhuba ukuqeqeshwa okuhlangene kwezempi, awazange asetshenziswe ngenxa yokungezwani kwangaphakathi. I-SEATO ayikwazanga ukungenelela ezingxabanweni zaseLaos  <response>: ngoba iFrance ne-United Kingdom zakwenqaba ukusebenzisa isinyathelo sezempi. Ngenxa yalokho, i - U.S. yanikeza iLaos ukusekela okwenziwa unilaterally ngemva kuka - 1962. Nakuba i-U.S. yayifuna, ukuhileleka kwe-SEATO eMpini yaseVietnam kwaphikwa ngenxa yokuntuleka kokubambisana kwaseBrithani naseFrance. 