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title: Chieu Hoi verse poster 406a, red lettering (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chieu-hoi-verse-poster-406a-red-lettering-vietnamese-saigon-1964/
description: A text-only Vietnamese sheet in red capitals on buff paper, set as six short verses addressed to men fighting with the Viet Cong.
section: Collection
---

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[![Chieu Hoi verse poster 406a, red lettering, 1964 US poster: A text-only Vietnamese sheet in red capitals on buff paper, set](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/chieu-hoi-verse-poster-406a-red-lettering-vietnamese-saigon-1964.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/chieu-hoi-verse-poster-406a-red-lettering-vietnamese-saigon-1964.jpg)

# Chieu Hoi verse poster 406a, red lettering (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)

A text-only Vietnamese sheet in red capitals on buff paper, set as six short verses addressed to men fighting with the Viet Cong. They urge return under the Chieu Hoi (Open Arms) policy, promise a warm life and clemency for everyone, and mention an aged mother, a young wife and a small child waiting. The tell is plain-folks verse, a homespun couplet idiom, joined to virtue words such as 'just cause' and 'revolution'.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
TRÓT XA CHÍNH NGHĨA TỪ LÂU
CHIÊU HỒI CHÁNH SÁCH RỦ NHAU MÀ VỀ

ANH ƠI CHÁNH SÁCH CHIÊU HỒI
GIÚP TA TÂN TẠO CUỘC ĐỜI ẤM NO

HỠI ANH HỠI CHỊ LẦM ĐƯỜNG
CHIÊU HỒI CHÁNH SÁCH KHOAN DUNG
MỌI NGƯỜI

HOAN NGHÊNH CÁCH MẠNG THÀNH CÔNG
CHIÊU HỒI PHÁT ĐỘNG QUYẾT LÒNG THAM GIA

MẸ GIÀ VỢ DẠI CON THƠ
THƯƠNG ANH VÁC SÚNG CỘNG NÔ ĐEM VỀ
```

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

```
Long strayed from the just cause,
the Chieu Hoi policy invites you to return together

Brother, the Chieu Hoi policy
will help us rebuild a warm and comfortable life

O brothers and sisters who have lost your way,
the Chieu Hoi policy is lenient
toward everyone

Welcome the success of the revolution,
Chieu Hoi is launched, be resolved to take part

An old mother, a naive wife, a young child
love you, bring the gun of the Communist slave home
```

Translation is literal and approximate for idiomatic verse; 'Cộng nô' is rendered 'Communist slave'.

[← Chieu Hoi slogan poster 406b, green and blue (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chieu-hoi-slogan-poster-406b-green-and-blue-vietnamese-saigon-1964/) [Bien Hoa Fire Relief photo poster (Vietnamese, Saigon) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/bien-hoa-fire-victims-relief-photo-poster-ppb-380-vietnamese-saigon-1964/)

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