Aggression From the North poster, PPB-330, 1965 US poster: An English map-and-photograph poster arguing that the war in South

Aggression From the North poster, PPB-330 (English, Manila)

An English map-and-photograph poster arguing that the war in South Vietnam is an invasion from the North. A map shows infiltration arrows from Hanoi, and photographs show an attack scene with casualties, a derailed train, a defector speaking and captured arms. The tell is card-stacking: selected photographs are labelled conclusive evidence, with fear-appeal in the civilian-casualty images and testimonial in the defector's confessions.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Fear appeal Card stacking Testimonial

Date: April 23, 1965
Period: Cold War
Made by: U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
Region: North America
Country: United States
Medium: Poster
Issuer type: State
Regime: Johnson Administration
Leader: Lyndon B. Johnson
Audience: Foreign public
Purpose: Persuade or win support
Themes: War and the military, Security and surveillance
Event: Vietnam War
Source: Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
Source: U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Posters in Asia, Latin America, Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
Rights: Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, April 23, 1965. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949255, 306-PPB-330).

Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

AGGRESSION FROM THE NORTH

Communists unleash carefully planned program of concealed war against South Viet-Nam

Since 1959 nearly 37,000 highly-trained Communist Viet Cong soldiers have infiltrated South Viet-Nam (see map) to wage a brutal campaign of terror and subversion against a peaceful nation. At the request of South Viet-Nam, the United States has provided military aid and economic support in this defensive struggle to maintain freedom and security.

Conclusive evidence of aggression:

...typical Viet Cong attacks against civilian population

...voluntary confessions made by defecting Communist soldiers

...captured cargo ship laden with Communist arms and ammunition

Map labels: NORTH VIETNAM, CHINA, HANOI, XUAN MAI, LAOS, VINH, DONG HOI, DEMARCATION LINE, TCHEPONE, HUE, DA NANG, THAILAND, KONTUM, PLEIKU, CAMBODIA, BAN ME THUOT, SOUTH VIETNAM, SAIGON

SUPPLEMENT TO FREE WORLD VOL. XIV NO. 4 APRIL 1965

Small printed code at lower right is illegible.