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title: القمح الأميركي في نجدة الليبيين (American Wheat to the Aid of the Libyans) (Arabic photo-set poster distributed in Benghazi)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/american-wheat-for-the-libyans-arabic-1954/
description: A landscape photo-set poster with five pictures and a boxed text reporting a 2,200-ton U.S. wheat shipment on the ship Southport to Tripoli, Libya.
section: Collection
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# القمح الأميركي في نجدة الليبيين (American Wheat to the Aid of the Libyans) (Arabic photo-set poster distributed in Benghazi)

A landscape photo-set poster with five pictures and a boxed text reporting a 2,200-ton U.S. wheat shipment on the ship Southport to Tripoli, Libya. Pictures show sacks being unloaded and a handover ceremony with U.S. and Libyan flags. The text gives its cost as about a quarter of a million dollars. The tell is transfer and virtue words: the relief is attached to the U.S. Government, and it is described as showing the 'sympathy of the American people'.

## 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 (Arabic) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
القمح الأميركي في نجدة الليبيين

ساهمت الحكومة الاميركية في تفريج ازمة القمح في ليبيا فارسلت ٢٢٠٠ طن من القمح لدفع شبح المجاعة التي كادت تصيب بعض قطاعات المملكة الليبية .

وفي ٣٠ ديسمبر عام ١٩٥٣ عبئت هذه الكمية في اكياس بلغ عددها حوالي ٤٩ الف كيس ، ونقلت على السفينة «ساوث بورت» من مدينة هوستون بولاية تكساس . واقلعت السفينة وسارت في طريقها الى طرابلس الغرب فوصلتها في ٢٥ يناير الماضي .

وتم تفريغ هذه الشحنة من السفينة «ناقلة القمح» في ثلاثة ايام وتولت سيارات الشحن الكبيرة شحنها الى القطاعات المختلفة في المملكة ، كما قامت وكالة التنمية والاستقرار الليبية بتوزيع الشحنة على المناطق المحتاجة .

وهذه الكمية تكفي لاطعام ٨ الاف عائلة او ما يقرب من ٤٠ الف نسمة لمدة ثلاثة شهور .. وهكذا اصبح في امكان الشعب الليبي انتظار مواسم الحصاد المقبلة دون قلق .

وهذه الهدية كلفت الحكومة الاميركية ما يقرب من ربع مليون دولار اي حوالي ٨٠ الف جنيه ليبي .

وهذا العمل الانساني من جانب الحكومة الاميركية ، انما يدل على عطف الشعب الاميركي واهتمامه بشعب ليبيا الذي يحاول جاهداً تشييد صرح امة قوية .

وزير اميركا يسلم القمح للسيد عبد الرزاق شقلوف مندوب حكومة ليبيا

عندما وصلت الباخرة «ساوث بورت» ميناء طرابلس ، اخذ العمال ينقلون منها شحنة القمح الاميركي وزنتها ٢٢٠٠ طن ، الى سيارات الشحن وذلك استعداداً لارسالها الى المناطق المنكوبة

وزير اميركا يلقي كلمته عند تسليم القمح لمندوب الحكومة بحضور رئيس مجلس النواب وبعض الشيوخ والنواب

استغرقت عملية تفريغ شحنة القمح الاميركي من الباخرة «ساوث بورت» ثلاثة ايام كاملة ، كان العمال خلالها يظهرون كل نشاط للاسراع في تفريغ هذه الحمولة - وقدرها ٤٩ الف كيس - وارسالها بالحال الى المراكز المحتاجة

[ship's name on hull:] SOUTHPORT
```

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

```
AMERICAN WHEAT TO THE AID OF THE LIBYANS

The American Government contributed to relieving the wheat crisis in Libya and sent 2,200 tons of wheat to ward off the spectre of famine that had nearly struck some regions of the Libyan Kingdom.

On 30 December 1953 this quantity, about 49 thousand sacks in number, was packed in sacks and loaded on the ship "Southport" at the city of Houston in the state of Texas. The ship set sail on its way to Tripoli and reached it on 25 January last.

This cargo was unloaded from the ship, the "wheat carrier", in three days, and large lorries undertook to ship it to the various regions of the Kingdom, while the Libyan Development and Stabilisation Agency distributed the cargo to the needy areas.

This quantity suffices to feed 8 thousand families, or nearly 40 thousand persons, for three months .. and so the Libyan people are able to await the coming harvest seasons without worry.

This gift cost the American Government nearly a quarter of a million dollars, that is about 80 thousand Libyan pounds.

This humanitarian act on the part of the American Government indicates the sympathy of the American people and their concern for the people of Libya, who are striving to build the edifice of a strong nation.

The American Minister hands over the wheat to Mr Abd al-Razzaq Shaqlub, delegate of the Libyan government.

When the steamer "Southport" reached Tripoli port, the workers began to move from it the American wheat cargo, weighing 2,200 tons, to lorries in preparation for sending it to the stricken areas.

The American Minister delivers his address at the handing over of the wheat to the government delegate in the presence of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and some senators and deputies.

The unloading of the American wheat cargo from the steamer "Southport" took three full days, during which the workers showed every activity to speed the unloading of this cargo - 49 thousand sacks - and its dispatch at once to the needy centres.

[ship's name on hull:] SOUTHPORT
```

Boxed text and picture captions are transcribed as separate paragraphs; on-page position is not reproduced. Name spellings in the translation are transliterated from the Arabic.

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