Chinese Atrocities poster, No. 3: Soldier Standing over a Body (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)
A Lao-language photograph sheet numbered 3 with one large photograph. A uniformed man in a white shirt stands holding a rifle over a body lying on stony ground while two other uniformed men look on. A tilted red caption refers to Communists and to the lives of people in Communist countries. The tell is fear-appeal: a single photograph is presented as typical of life under Communist rule.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- April 16, 1956
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Demonize
- Themes
- War and the military, Security and surveillance
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America, Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, April 16, 1956. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948981, 306-PPB-112c).
Text on the object
ຄອມມຸຍນິສ [illegible] ຂອງຊາວນາ ຜູ້ນຶ່ງ [illegible] ພາບນີ້ ສະແດງເຖິງຊີວິດຂອງປະຊາຊົນ ໃນປະເທດຄອມມຸຍນິສ. 3
The Communists ... of a farmer ... [partly legible]. This picture shows the lives of the people in Communist countries. 3
Lao script in a stylised face; uncertain words are marked [illegible]. Sheet number printed in a white circle.
