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title: Autonomous State poster 82, Danger! From the North (Thai poster distributed in Bangkok)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/autonomous-state-poster-82-danger-from-the-north-thai-bangkok-1950s/
description: A Thai-language map poster headed 'Danger!' and 'From the north'. A grimacing figure labelled 'Red China' reaches over the top of the map beside a red
section: Collection
---

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# Autonomous State poster 82, Danger! From the North (Thai poster distributed in Bangkok)

A Thai-language map poster headed 'Danger!' and 'From the north'. A grimacing figure labelled 'Red China' reaches over the top of the map beside a red five-star flag, and a red arrow points from him to a smaller figure at Sipsong Panna ('Free Thai State') and down to Thailand, which carries its own striped flag. The tell is fear-appeal: the map shows an approaching threat to Thailand from the north.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

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

```
อันตราย!
จีนแดง
แคว้นสิบสองปันนา
( รัฐไทยอิสระ )
ประเทศไทย
จากทิศเหนือ
```

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

```
Danger!
Red China
Sipsong Panna (Free Thai State)
Thailand
From the north
```

[← Abraham Lincoln poster, 47: The Great Emancipator (Nepali poster distributed in Asia)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/abraham-lincoln-great-emancipator-nepali-poster-47/) [George Washington poster, 48: Father of the Nation (Nepali poster distributed in Asia) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/george-washington-father-of-nation-nepali-poster-48/)

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