Unlike the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Southeast Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO) _ .
A) excluded European nations from membership
B) focused on humanitarian relief rather than containment of communism
C) required member nations to send troops to support South Vietnam
D) left each member nation's commitment for mutual defense vague

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SEATO, unlike NATO, did not have a clear, compulsory mutual defense clause. Its commitments were more ambiguous, allowing member nations considerable flexibility in how they chose to respond to conflicts or requests for assistance within the region.