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title: 'Burma-American Mutual Aid: Burma''s Gift to U.S. Flood Areas (Burmese-language poster distributed in Burma)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/burma-americas-flood-relief-gift-burmese-1953/
description: A Burmese-language poster reporting a $10,000 gift from Burma to American disaster victims. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
---

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# Burma-American Mutual Aid: Burma's Gift to U.S. Flood Areas (Burmese-language poster distributed in Burma)

A Burmese-language poster reporting a $10,000 gift from Burma to American disaster victims. A three-photograph banner shows storm wreckage and a Red Cross vehicle; a Burmese ambassador is shown handing over a cheque, a Burmese Embassy cheque for American National Red Cross is shown, and two men view a photo display of the damage. The tell is transfer: American disaster and Red Cross imagery is joined to Burma's gesture of goodwill.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
ဗမာ-အမေရိကန် ယိုင်းပင်းကူညီမှု

[Burmese body text and five photograph captions, [illegible] at this resolution]

[cheque, English:] BURMESE EMBASSY NON-CONSULAR ACCOUNT / 2228 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. / Washington, D.C. 18th June 1953 / American National Red Cross $10,000 / The Riggs National Bank, Washington, D.C.

EP-5
```

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

```
Burma-American mutual aid / assistance (headline). Body text and captions not translated here; they report a gift of $10,000 from Burma to victims of June 1953 storms in the United States.
```

Headline, cheque and imprint code transcribed; Burmese body text and captions are too small to read reliably. The headline's first word is partly overprinted on a photograph.

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