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title: Burma-American Friendship (Burmese-language poster distributed in Burma)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/burma-american-friendship-burmese-1953/
description: A Burmese-language photo-montage poster under a green headline reading 'Burma-American Friendship'. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
---

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# Burma-American Friendship (Burmese-language poster distributed in Burma)

A Burmese-language photo-montage poster under a green headline reading 'Burma-American Friendship'. Nine captioned black-and-white photographs show Burmese and American people together: seated officials, a uniformed officer with a cadet flag, a Burmese harp, a hospital scene, a library table and students. The tell is transfer, with plain-folks: the goodwill of everyday exchanges and visits is attached to the two countries' relationship.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

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

```
မြန်မာ အမေရိကန် ရင်းနှီးမှု။

[nine photograph captions and two text blocks in Burmese, [illegible] at this resolution]
```

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

```
Burma-American Friendship (headline). The captions and text blocks are not translated here.
```

Only the headline is transcribed; the photograph captions and the two framed text blocks are too small to read reliably from the scan.

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