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title: 'Chieu Hoi Activity in Darlac Province: Unforgettable Memories'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chieu-hoi-darlac-unforgettable-memories-1966/
description: A landscape photo-story in Vietnamese and a second Central Highlands language shows the opening of a new Chieu Hoi centre in Darlac on 18 October 1966.
section: Collection
---

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# Chieu Hoi Activity in Darlac Province: Unforgettable Memories

A landscape photo-story in Vietnamese and a second Central Highlands language shows the opening of a new Chieu Hoi centre in Darlac on 18 October 1966, with communal meals, a provincial official crouching to greet a child and a JUSPAO troupe singing. The text speaks of ralliers' smiling faces and 'the warmest family feeling'. The tell is the everyday scenes: ordinary meals and children stand in for the treatment a defector can expect.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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## Text on the object

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

```
SINH-HOẠT CHIÊU-HỒI TỈNH DARLAC-KỶ NIỆM KHÓ QUÊN.
BRUĂ BI ÊDAH MỠNG SANG BRŬA CHIÊU HÔI ĈAR DAK LAK.
BRUĂ BI HDƠR AMÂO THAO WƠR.

NGÀY 18-10-66, TỈNH DARLAC ĐÃ KHÁNH THÀNH TRUNG-TÂM CHIÊU-HỒI MỚI DƯỚI QUYỀN CHỦ TỌA CỦA TRUNG-TÁ TỈNH TRƯỞNG LÊ-VĂN-THÀNH. THÀNH PHẦN THAM DỰ NGOÀI SỐ ANH EM HỒI-CHÁNH LƯU TRÚ TẠI TRUNG TÂM, CÒN CÓ MỘT SỐ ĐÔNG ANH EM HỒI-CHÁNH ĐÃ HOÀN HƯƠNG TỪ KHẮP NƠI TRONG TỈNH TRỞ VỀ HỌP MẶT.

MỘT TRONG NHỮNG DẤY BÀN TIỆC, VỚI NHỮNG NÉT MẶT HÂN HOAN, CỞI MỞ CỦA ANH EM HỒI CHÁNH.

MỘT SỰ KIỆN NGẪU NHIÊN HIẾM CÓ, TRUNG TÂM VỪA ĐƯỢC HOÀN THÀNH VỚI NHỮNG NGÔI NHÀ KHANG TRANG MÁT MẺ ĐÃ CÓ DỊP ĐÓN TIẾP HÀNG 100 HỒI CHÁNH TRỞ VỀ. SỐ LƯỢNG CAO NHẤT TRONG CÁC THÁNG TỪ TRƯỚC ĐẾN NAY.

NGÀY ĐÊM SAU, BỮA TIỆC THÂN MẬT ĐÃ ĐƯỢC TỔ CHỨC. CÁC CHỊ EM CÁN BỘ CHIÊU HỒI ĐÃ ĐƯỢC PHÂN PHỤ TĂNG CƯỜNG ĐỂ GIÚP ĐỠ ANH EM HỒI CHÁNH LO TỔ CHỨC BỮA TIỆC THỊNH SOẠN.

VÀ MỘT HÌNH ẢNH KHÓ QUÊN! TRONG BUỔI TIỆC LIÊN HOAN NÀY CÒN CÓ CẢ GIA ĐÌNH ANH EM HỒI CHÁNH, TRUNG-TÁ TỈNH TRƯỞNG CÙNG MỘT SỐ QUAN KHÁCH ĐẾN THAM DỰ CŨNG CHUNG MÂM VÀ CHUYỆN TRÒ THÂN MẬT VỚI TỪNG NGƯỜI. TRUNG TÁ ĐANG TRÌU MẾN EM LÊ VĂN PHƯƠNG CON HỒI CHÁNH LÊ VĂN THIỆN.

BAN VĂN-TÁC-VỤ CỦA CƠ-QUAN JUSPAO ĐẾN GIÚP VUI, VỚI NHỮNG BÀI CA GỢI CẢM, CÀNG LÀM TĂNG THÊM Ý NGHĨA TÌNH-THƯƠNG, GIA-ĐÌNH, VÀ TỔ-QUỐC.

[Smaller Rhade-language captions paralleling each Vietnamese block, e.g. "Hruê 18/10/1966, ĉar Dak Lak ngă leh klei dĭ dŏk anŏk Lĕ̆ Wĭt ..."; mostly illegible at this resolution]

SP_1610
```

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

```
CHIEU HOI ACTIVITY IN DARLAC PROVINCE: UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES.
[Rhade-language parallel headline, not translated.]

On 18-10-66, Darlac Province inaugurated a new Chieu Hoi centre under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Colonel Province Chief Le-Van-Thanh. Attending, besides the ralliers staying at the centre, were many ralliers who had settled back home from all over the province and returned to gather.

One of the rows of banquet tables, with the delighted, open faces of the ralliers.

A rare coincidence: the centre, just completed with its spacious, cool houses, has had occasion to receive some 100 ralliers returning, the highest number in the months up to now.

The next night an intimate banquet was held. The women Chieu Hoi cadres were assigned as reinforcements to help the ralliers organise the sumptuous feast.

And an unforgettable image! At this festive banquet were also whole families of ralliers; the Lieutenant Colonel Province Chief and a number of guests who attended also ate at the same tray and chatted intimately with each person. The Lieutenant Colonel is tenderly welcoming the child Le Van Phuong, son of rallier Le Van Thien.

The cultural-action troupe of the JUSPAO agency came to entertain, with moving songs that added to the meaning of affection, family and fatherland.

SP_1610
```

'Sinh-hoạt' is rendered 'activity'. Vietnamese diacritics are transcribed as printed to the best of legibility; the Rhade-language captions are not reliably legible at this resolution and are summarised in brackets rather than transcribed in full.

[← Chiến thắng rực rỡ tại Bồng-Sơn, Phù-Cũ, An-Khê (Bình-Định) (Great Victory at Bong-Son, Phu-Cu, An-Khe (Binh-Dinh))](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chien-thang-ruc-ro-bong-son-phu-cu-an-khe-binh-dinh/) [Chieu Hoi Results in Hoc Mon District, October 1966 →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chieu-hoi-hoc-mon-october-1966/)

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