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title: 'Army information poster, Bulletin No. 7: Air Force and Diem''s U.S. visit (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/army-bulletin-7-air-force-diem-visit-vietnamese-1957/
description: A photo sheet in two parts. The upper part shows Vietnamese Air Force pilots, fighters, transports and a repair hangar.
section: Collection
---

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[![Army information poster, Bulletin No. 7: Air Force and Diem's U.S. visit, 1957 US poster: A photo sheet in two parts](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/army-bulletin-7-air-force-diem-visit-vietnamese-1957.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/army-bulletin-7-air-force-diem-visit-vietnamese-1957.jpg)

# Army information poster, Bulletin No. 7: Air Force and Diem's U.S. visit (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)

A photo sheet in two parts. The upper part shows Vietnamese Air Force pilots, fighters, transports and a repair hangar; the lower part shows President Ngo Dinh Diem's U.S. visit, with an airport welcome, a motorcade with President Eisenhower and a talk with Secretary of State Dulles. The tell is transfer: the standing of the U.S. leaders and the Capitol is attached to the Vietnamese president and air force.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
ĐÂY QUÂN ĐỘI VIỆT-NAM CỘNG-HÒA
BẢN THÔNG-TIN SỐ 7
KHÔNG-QUÂN VIỆT-NAM

Đoàn « Bearcat » một trong những Phi-Đoàn khu-trục tối-tân của Không-Quân Việt-Nam, có nhiệm-vụ bảo-vệ không-phận Việt-Nam Tự-Do trước làn sóng xâm-lăng của Cộng-Sản Á-Châu
Phi-Đoàn Vận-Tải Đặc-Biệt cũng không chịu kém các Phi-Đoàn khác, luôn luôn tập-luyện, trau-dồi kỹ-thuật, để cung ứng kịp thời cho đòi hỏi của thời-cuộc
Sau thời-gian thụ-huấn, những thanh-niên ưu-tú này đã trở thành những chàng phi-công kiêu-dũng
Các Đoàn phóng-pháo sẵn-sàng trên các phi-trường Việt-Nam Cộng-Hòa, chỉ chờ dịp để biểu-dương sức mạnh của Không-Quân Việt-Nam trong nhiệm-vụ bảo-vệ không-phận nước nhà
Kỹ-thuật sửa chữa của Không-Quân Việt-Nam đã tiến rất xa, họ đã có thể sửa chữa tại chỗ những hư hỏng dầu là quan-trọng

CUỘC VIẾNG THĂM HOA-KỲ CỦA TỔNG-THỐNG NGÔ-ĐÌNH-DIỆM

Tại Phi-trường Washington Tổng-Thống Hoa-Kỳ, các nhân-vật cao-cấp trong Chính-phủ và ngoại-giao đoàn nghênh đón NGÔ Tổng-Thống
Trên đường về Tòa Bạch-Ốc Đoàn Kỵ-Binh hộ-tống Hoa-Kỳ đi theo sau xe của hai vị Tổng-Thống
NGÔ Tổng-Thống đang ký sổ vàng trước khi rời Hoa-Kỳ
Sau khi viếng thăm trụ-sở của Thượng Nghị-Viện Hoa-Kỳ NGÔ Tổng-Thống và Phó Tổng-Thống Hoa-Kỳ ra về
Tổng-Thống NGÔ-ĐÌNH-DIỆM cùng Tổng-Thống EISENHOWER trên đường về Tòa Bạch-Ốc
Tổng-Thống mặc quốc-phục đang đàm-luận thân-mật cùng Ngoại-Trưởng Hoa-Kỳ Foster Dulles và phu-nhân

[banner in photograph:] WELCOME PRESIDENT NGO DINH DIEM
```

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

```
This is the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Information Bulletin No. 7. Vietnamese Air Force.

The "Bearcat" squadron, one of the most modern fighter squadrons of the Vietnamese Air Force, is charged with defending the airspace of Free Vietnam against the wave of invasion by Asian Communism.
The Special Transport Squadron is no less than the other squadrons, always training and improving its skills to meet the demands of the times in good time.
After a period of training, these outstanding young men have become gallant pilots.
Bomber units stand ready on the airfields of the Republic of Vietnam, only waiting for the chance to display the strength of the Vietnamese Air Force in its mission of defending the nation's airspace.
The Vietnamese Air Force's repair technique has advanced very far; it can now repair on the spot even serious damage.

THE VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES OF PRESIDENT NGO DINH DIEM

At Washington airport the American President, high officials of the Government and the diplomatic corps welcome President Ngo.
On the way to the White House, the American cavalry escort follows behind the car of the two Presidents.
President Ngo signs the golden book before leaving the United States.
After visiting the seat of the American Senate, President Ngo and the American Vice-President leave.
President NGO DINH DIEM and President EISENHOWER on the way to the White House.
The President, in national dress, converses cordially with the American Secretary of State Foster Dulles and his wife.
```

Captions are small at the available resolution and were read from the image. The sheet shows 'Bearcat' in guillemets as printed.

[← Never a Dull Moment, Uncle](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/never-a-dull-moment-uncle-1957/) [Chitra Katha photo poster No. 17: U.S. Independence Day in East Pakistan (Bengali photo poster distributed in Dacca) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chitra-katha-17-us-independence-day-dacca-bengali-1957/)

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