<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngemva kokwakhiwa kwayo, i - SEATO yasheshe yaba into engasho lutho 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  <response>: izimpi zaseLaos ngenxa yokuthi 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. 