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title: Chieu Hoi program sign (photographed by the U.S. Marine Corps)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chieu-hoi-program-sign-usmc/
description: A sign is headed "CHIEU HOI PROGRAM" and tells the reader to bring a pass. The program name is the promise. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
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[![Chieu Hoi program sign, 1965 South Vietnam photograph: A sign is headed "CHIEU HOI PROGRAM" and tells the reader to bring](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/chieu-hoi-program-sign-usmc.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/chieu-hoi-program-sign-usmc.jpg)

# Chieu Hoi program sign (photographed by the U.S. Marine Corps)

A sign is headed "CHIEU HOI PROGRAM" and tells the reader to bring a pass. The program name is the promise. The terms under the heading are smaller and are not all legible in this photograph.

## Propaganda techniques used in this photograph

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
CHIEU HOI PROGRAM
[illegible]
```

The heading is clear. The lines under it are too small to transcribe and are marked illegible rather than guessed.

[← Chánh sách Chiêu Hồi của Chính phủ V.N.C.H. góp phần xây dựng đất nước (The Chieu Hoi Program Contributes to Rebuilding the Country)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chieu-hoi-program-rebuilding-the-country-1965-1969/) [Reward Ceremony for Ralliers, Chuong Thien Province →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chieu-hoi-reward-ceremony-chuong-thien-1965-1969/)

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