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title: American Aid Program poster No. 1, handshake (Lao-English poster distributed in Vientiane)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/american-aid-program-poster-no-1-laos-lao-1958/
description: A red, white and blue Lao-English project-marker poster. A handshake joins the United States flag and a Lao flag with the three-headed elephant under
section: Collection
---

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[![American Aid Program poster No. 1, handshake, 1958 US poster: A red, white and blue Lao-English project-marker poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/american-aid-program-poster-no-1-laos-lao-1958.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/american-aid-program-poster-no-1-laos-lao-1958.jpg)

# American Aid Program poster No. 1, handshake (Lao-English poster distributed in Vientiane)

A red, white and blue Lao-English project-marker poster. A handshake joins the United States flag and a Lao flag with the three-headed elephant under a band of stars, above Lao lines and an English statement that the project is part of the American economic aid program to Laos and an expression of friendship between the two peoples. The tell is transfer: flags and a handshake attach goodwill to the aid.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
[Lao-script heading in red, two name lines and a Lao paragraph; not transcribed]

THIS PROJECT IS PART OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMIC AID PROGRAM TO
LAOS AND AN EXPRESSION OF THE FRIENDSHIP THAT EXISTS BETWEEN
THE PEOPLE OF LAOS AND THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
English lines as printed. [Lao lines not translated; the paragraph is presumably the Lao counterpart of the English statement.]
```

Lao text not transcribed; English verbatim.

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