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

Date

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

Warn or inform

Themes

War and the military, Security and surveillance

Event

Cold War

Source

Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure

Source

U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026

Rights

Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, 1956. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948916, 306-PPB-82).

อันตราย!
จีนแดง
แคว้นสิบสองปันนา
( รัฐไทยอิสระ )
ประเทศไทย
จากทิศเหนือ

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