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title: 'Chieu Hoi leaflet: return to the national government (photograph, January 1966)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chieu-hoi-return-leaflet-photo-1966-01/
description: A Marine Corps photograph shows a leaflet using the Chieu Hoi name and the line "RETURN TO THE SIDE OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT".
section: Collection
---

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# Chieu Hoi leaflet: return to the national government (photograph, January 1966)

A Marine Corps photograph shows a leaflet using the Chieu Hoi name and the line "RETURN TO THE SIDE OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT". The promises under that line are not legible enough to transcribe.

## 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
RETURN TO THE SIDE OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
[illegible]
```

Heading lines only. Smaller type is illegible.

[← You Can Help Bring Them Back](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/you-can-help-bring-them-back-1965-1969/) [National Liberation Front flag (photograph, 28 January 1966) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/nlf-flag-january-1966/)

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