Americans and the Peoples of Asia (Burmese-language poster distributed in Burma)
Burmese edition of a seven-photo poster set over a map of Asia, with the title in large Burmese letters and a two-column quotation. Each photo has a caption in Burmese; the English edition's captions list what Americans say they want for Asia: development, self-government, peace and freedom. The tell is glittering-generalities, with testimonial from an attributed senior official's speech.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- May 20, 1952
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Truman Administration
- Leader
- Harry S. Truman
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Empire and colonialism, War and the military
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, May 20, 1952. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 5729910, 306-PPA-11).
Text on the object
[Burmese-script title, seven photo captions, two-column quotation and attribution; not legibly transcribable from the available image scan - [illegible]]. Nameplate fragments in photo: INDIA ... NESIA
Title per NARA: 'Americans & the Peoples of Asia'. For the corresponding English text see NAID 5729911. Burmese text on this sheet not independently translated.
Burmese script too small to render without guessing.
