Chieu Hoi at Tay Ninh
A photo-montage Chieu Hoi poster (code SP-1376) reports that Tay Ninh has 2,271 ralliers drawn from regular troops, guerrillas, sappers, party members and others, says they brought back weapons, ammunition and documents, and that many rejoined their families. Three photographs show a rallier greeted by his wife and child, families visiting a Chieu Hoi centre, and a rallier speaking to villagers about 'the miserable life' in the Viet Cong ranks. A running total plus ordinary family scenes carry the appeal.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1965
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office (JUSPAO) printing section, for the South Vietnamese government
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Johnson Administration
- Leader
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Audience
- Enemy forces
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- Vietnam War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Psychological Warfare Posters, Vietnam War (NAID 561393), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office (JUSPAO) printing section, for the South Vietnamese government. National Archives and Records Administration, 306-VP-3-1376.
Text on the object
CHIÊU HỒI-TÂY NINH Hồi chánh viên trở về gia đình. Tại Tây Ninh tổng số hồi chánh viên là 2.271 người gồm đủ các thành phần như: Chính Quy, Du Kích, Đặc Công, Nông Hội, Kinh Tài, Tuyên Văn Giáo, Đảng Viên Cộng Sản, Đoàn Viên các tổ chức vân vân ... Những hồi chánh viên nầy đã mang về nhiều vũ khí, đạn dược và tài liệu quan trọng. Một số đông đã trở về sum họp với gia đình. Một số hiện phục vụ trong các cơ quan Chính phủ. Họ đã hưởng cảnh sống tự do, đầy đủ. Gia đình hồi chánh viên đến thăm viếng tại Trung Tâm Chiêu Hồi. Một hồi chánh viên nói chuyện với đồng bào trong Ấp về đời sống khổ sở trong hàng ngũ Việt Cộng. SP-1376
CHIEU HOI - TAY NINH A rallier returns to his family. In Tay Ninh the total number of ralliers is 2,271 people, including all kinds of elements such as: regular troops, guerrillas, sappers, the Peasants' Association, finance-economy cadres, propaganda-culture-education cadres, Communist Party members, members of organisations and so on ... These ralliers have brought back many weapons, ammunition and important documents. A large number have returned to reunite with their families. Some are now serving in government agencies. They now enjoy a free and full life. Families of ralliers visiting at the Chieu Hoi Centre. A rallier talks with the people of the hamlet about the miserable life in the ranks of the Viet Cong. SP-1376
Translation is FRAME's own literal rendering from the poster's Vietnamese text, machine-assisted and not verified by a fluent reader; diacritics are transcribed as printed to the best of legibility at the image resolution.
