Army Behavior poster, Panel 5: Keep Army Secrets (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)
Panel 5 of the Vietnamese army's seven commandments set. A helmeted soldier, his face split into white and red areas, holds a finger to his lips in the sign for silence, and the printed rule tells soldiers to keep army secrets absolutely. The tell is glittering generalities: steadfastness and discipline are named as virtues, with the hushing gesture carrying the instruction.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- May 28, 1956
- 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
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America, Middle East (NAID 5051202), retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, May 28, 1956. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948906, 306-PPB-79e).
Text on the object
5 Phải kiên-gan, nghiêm-chỉnh và tuyệt-đối giữ bí-mật của quân-đội
Be steadfast, disciplined and keep the army's secrets absolutely.
Panel number printed in a black circle; diacritics transcribed as printed.
