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title: Chieu Hoi, open arms (sign, 4 October 1965)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chieu-hoi-open-arms-sign-1965/
description: A sign reads "CHIEU HOI" and "OPEN ARMS". The English gloss is printed with the program name. Neither line states the terms of rallying.
section: Collection
---

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[![Chieu Hoi, open arms, 1965 South Vietnam photograph: A sign reads "CHIEU HOI" and "OPEN ARMS". The English gloss is printed](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/chieu-hoi-open-arms-sign-1965.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/chieu-hoi-open-arms-sign-1965.jpg)

# Chieu Hoi, open arms (sign, 4 October 1965)

A sign reads "CHIEU HOI" and "OPEN ARMS". The English gloss is printed with the program name. Neither line states the terms of rallying.

## Propaganda techniques used in this photograph

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
CHIEU HOI
OPEN ARMS
```

The two large lines. Smaller text, if present, was not read.

[← Why Vietnam (USIS pamphlet, 1965)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/usis-why-vietnam-pamphlet-1965/) [1966: Một năm tiến bộ (1966: A Year of Progress) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/1966-a-year-of-progress-long-an-1966/)

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