Cambodian Blood poster, item 92 (Khmer, distributed in Saigon)
A Khmer-language colour poster of a uniformed soldier in a beret holding a rifle across his body while rice farmers work in flooded fields behind him. The headline concerns Khmer blood that has been shed. The imprint credits Office No. 4 of the Khmer Army General Staff. The tell is identity-fusion with glittering generalities: the soldier is shown guarding the farmers, tying the nation's land and people to the army.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- July 1, 1954
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Office No. 4, General Staff, Khmer Army (printed imprint), as held in U.S. Information Agency files, 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
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- War and the military, Empire and colonialism
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Asia/LatAm/Mid-East posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, July 1, 1954. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948942, 306-PPB-92).
Text on the object
ឈាមខ្មែរគ្រប់ដំណក់ដែលស្រក់ចុះ ដោយយុទ្ធ... [partly illegible] ផ្សាយចេញពីការិយាល័យទី៤ នៃអគ្គសេនាធិការ ខេមរយោធា
Headline, approximate: Every drop of Khmer blood that has fallen ... [remainder not translated]. Imprint: Published by Office No. 4 of the General Staff, Khmer Army.
Headline lines 2 and 3 partly uncertain in Khmer script; imprint read in full.
