what was the southeast asia collective defense treaty about?
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It was about USA to help Japan regain their military power\nand abolish their Anti-war Constitution in order to enable Japan to dominate the whole Asian world again.     It was about helping the Resurrection Of Imperialist Japan.
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Location:   \nSoutheastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam  \nGeographic coordinates:   \n13 00 N, 122 00 E  \nMap references:   \nSoutheast Asia  \nArea:    \ntotal: 300,000 sq km \nland: 298,170 sq km \nwater: 1,830 sq km  \nArea - comparative:   \nslightly larger than Arizona  \nLand boundaries:   \n0 km  \nCoastline:   \n36,289 km  \nMaritime claims:   \nterritorial sea: irregular polygon extending up to 100 nm from coastline as defined by 1898 treaty; since late 1970s has also claimed polygonal-shaped area in South China Sea up to 285 nm in breadth \nexclusive economic zone: 200 nm \ncontinental shelf: to depth of exploitation  \nClimate:   \ntropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October)  \nTerrain:   \nmostly mountains with narrow to extensive coastal lowlands  \nElevation extremes:   \nlowest point: Philippine Sea 0 m \nhighest point: Mount Apo 2,954 m  \nNatural resources:   \ntimber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper  \nLand use:   \narable land: 18.95% \npermanent crops: 16.77% \nother: 64.28% (2001)  \nIrrigated land:   \n15,500 sq km (1998 est.)  \nNatural hazards:   \nastride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis  \nEnvironment - current issues:   \nuncontrolled deforestation especially in watershed areas; soil erosion; air and water pollution in major urban centers; coral reef degradation; increasing pollution of coastal mangrove swamps that are important fish breeding grounds  \nEnvironment - international agreements:   \nparty to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling \nsigned, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants  \nGeography - note:   \nthe Philippine archipelago is made up of 7,107 islands; favorably located in relation to many of Southeast Asia's main water bodies: the South China Sea, Philippine Sea, Sulu Sea, Celebes Sea, and Luzon Strait  \n   People    Philippines Top of Page  \nPopulation:    \n87,857,473 (July 2005 est.)  \nAge structure:   \n0-14 years: 35.4% (male 15,869,636/female 15,255,588) \n15-64 years: 60.6% (male 26,503,785/female 26,722,511) \n65 years and over: 4% (male 1,523,213/female 1,982,740) (2005 est.)  \nMedian age:   \ntotal: 22.27 years \nmale: 21.77 years \nfemale: 22.8 years (2005 est.)  \nPopulation growth rate:   \n1.84% (2005 est.)  \nBirth rate:    \n25.31 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)  \nDeath rate:    \n5.47 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)  \nNet migration rate:   \n-1.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)  \nSex ratio:   \nat birth: 1.05 male(s)/female \nunder 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female \n15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female \n65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female \ntotal population: 1 male(s)/female (2005 est.)  \nInfant mortality rate:    \ntotal: 23.51 deaths/1,000 live births \nmale: 26.34 deaths/1,000 live births \nfemale: 20.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)  \nLife expectancy at birth:    \ntotal population: 69.91 years \nmale: 67.03 years \nfemale: 72.92 years (2005 est.)  \nTotal fertility rate:    \n3.16 children born/woman (2005 est.)  \nHIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:    \nless than 0.1% (2003 est.)  \nHIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:    \n9,000 (2003 est.)  \nHIV/AIDS - deaths:    \nless than 500 (2003 est.)  \nMajor infectious diseases:   \ndegree of risk: high \nfood or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever \nvectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria are high risks in some locations \nanimal contact disease: rabies (2004)  \nNationality:   \nnoun: Filipino(s) \nadjective: Philippine  \nEthnic groups:   \nTagalog 28.1%, Cebuano
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While technically the United States withdrew from Indochina in 1973 as a means of taking peoples' minds off of Watergate and potential impeachment, the American military had basically been fighting the war on auto-pilot without any actual plan for winning the war since at least 1968 and perhaps earlier. With such a constant drain on the national will and the national economy without any new ideas from either administration involved, defeat was inevitable.
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Peristiwa 13 Mei memberikan kesan positif kepada Malaysia yang terdiri dari pelbagai kaum. Sekarang Malaysia menjadi sebuah negara yang pesat membangun bersama iklim politik yang sehat. Dalam kelompok ASEAN, Malaysia merupakan contoh terbaik dari segi pembangunan ekonomi dan kebebasan politik. \n\nTragedi berdarah 13 Mei mesti menjadi iktibar pada rakyat Malaysia, ianya merupakan insiden yang melagukan pesan bahawa rasa saling hormat menghormati antara kaum, merupakan resepi paling penting dalam menjaga keharmonian negara.
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I think Hongkong and the other Southeast Asian countries which are part of the ASEAN.  But, it's only for a limited time of 15 days or so.
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The first move towards the formation of Malaysia came in 1961 when the idea for the formation of a wider federation comprising the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak, Sabah and Brunei was mooted by Tunku Abdul Rahman. Tunku's\n proposal was generally accepted by the people of malaya and Singapore but raised doubts in Sabah and Sarawak.However, the proposal was opposed by the Philippines as they asserted a claim over Sabah. The proposal also received opposition from Indonesia where it was viewed as a neo-colonialist plot by Sukarno and the powerful Indonesian Communist Party.The proposal also had an immediate effect of accelerating constitutional development in Sarawak, Sabah and Brunei. Elections were held for the first time in Brunei and in Sabah in 1962. A joint- Anglo-Malayan commission headed by a former of the bank of England, Lord Cobbold, visited sabah and Sarawakin 1962 and reported that the majority of the states favoured the formation of Malaysia.\n\n \n  \nHowever, continued Philippine and Indonesian opposition led to the sending of a United nations mission to Borneo in 1963, which also reported that the public opinion was in favour of joining Malaysia.\n\n \n  \nThus on 16 September 1963, the formation of Malaysia which consisted of the Federation of Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak and Singaore was formally promulgated.
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China! Japan jointly dev missle defense w/ US, opened embassy in Taiwan, working on treaty to deploy combat forces alongside US in defense of Taiwan. Taiwan just dropped reunification cmte to huge PRC protest. Much more. Recall our lost navy spy plane/crew, Japan just chased a PRC sub out of their waters, PRC def buildup, ROC buyingg subs w/ US foreign aide. Cold war is started & the navy trains for a hot one.
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"One result of the conference was a 26 July joint proclamation by the U.S., Great Britain and China, the three main powers then fighting Japan. This "Potsdam Declaration" described Japan's present perilous condition, gave the terms for her surrender and stated the Allies' intentions concerning her postwar status. It ended with an ultimatum: Japan must immediately agree to unconditionally surrender, or face "prompt and utter destruction"."
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Sounds like some kind of diease of the intestines..NOBODY cares about Indonesia unless US has to send troops there.
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======\n\nIt is an international pact of many countries. \n\nThe principal share comes from USA.\nOther countries from Europe also contribute to it,
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Basically, to unite the world in making multilateral decisions in order to avoid big conflicts in the future. That's the fourteen points in a nutshell.
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There is always the japan issue. Most Asian states are still afraid of being invaded by the foremost economy in the region. Terrorist groups looking to create a pan-Asian state scare many outside investors, but American money for security does come in. AESIAN countries could work on a common currency, or work on a combined economy.
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As a true Malaysian:-\n\n1945 - Malayan Union concept was established by the British Imperialism government to establish a crown satus nation that path way to formation of Independence of Malaya. However, many local objected the motion as it expells all the 9 states monarchy Sultanes roll in political issues and excludes singapore from the union.\n\n1947 - After seeing the uprising and riots among the Malays, British decided to replace the motion with the establishment of The Federation of Malaya but the talks on the Chinese and Indian immigrants continues.\n\n1948 - Malaya entered the State Of Emergency period due to the uprising Communist rebellion.\n\n1949 - The First Malaya General Election, in which winned by the Alliance Party comprising UMNO (Malay), MCA (Chinese) and MIC (Indian). The British now understand that the Malayan people wanted a multi racial nations. This gives the Immigrant their citixenship with the consents of the majority Malays population.\n\n1955-1956 Tunku Abdul Rahman led a group of Alliance Party leaders to London to negotiate about the independence Of Malaya. Finally, the negotiation is achieved in February 1956 and the independence is officially given.\n\n1957 - Independence and formation of The Federation Of Malaya at 31 August 1957.\n\n1960 - The Communist rebels became weaker and weaker, leading to the uplift of the State of Emergency to be abolished for the first time since 1948\n\n1962 - Talks on giving independence to Singapore, Sabah, Sarawak and Brunei between local leaders and British. Singapore seems to be fine to enter Malaya. However, Brunei opposition leaders object the motion and cause chaos that lead to the abandon of the decision to enter Malaya. Sabah and Sarawak generally agree to enter however was objected by The Phillipines and Indonesia. Phillipines claim their sovereignity over Sabah while Indonesia wants to form a vast Malay nations that includes Malaya. UN decided to run a survey over locals of Sabah and Sarawak through Reid Council and Cobbold Council. Eventually Sabah and Sarawak agree to enter Malaya.\n\n1963 - The Formation of The Federation of MAlaysia is established at 16 September 1963 comprising 9 states of Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore.\n\n1965 - However due to disagreement and misunderstanding among leaders of central government and Singapore authority, Singapore left the Union at 6 August 1965 to form a seperate nation.
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The Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam or the "RVN"), the United States, South Korea, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines were allied against against North Vietnam and the Viet Cong.
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ASEAN is really a little-heard-about-but-wonderful association.  The goal of ending a lot of the socioeconomic hardship is a noble one, and will be hard to achieve.  The benefits of it?  Nuclear arms agreements to stop nuclear proliferation.  Socioeconomic aid and reform.  Cooperation in banking, trade, technology, agriculture, industry, and tourism.  Regional common markets.  Tariff phase-outs.  Promotion of foreign investment.  Overall, I don't think are any disadvantages to ASEAN.\n\nFor those of you who don't know, ASEAN stands for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.  The member nations are Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, and Cambodia.  ASEAN was established by the Bangkok Declaration in 1967.  The following nations are members of the ASEAN Regional Forum (address security issues in the region): all ASEAN nations, Australia, Canada, China, the European Union, India, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Russia, East Timor, and the United States.
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Simple.  A group of previously independent states give up some of their power and decision making to a centralized body, agreeing to abide by the rules set by that centralized body.  In return, the states gain from joint defense and joint funding of key nationwide programs.
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Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia