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title: '"Chính phủ sẽ không bỏ hay nhường một tấc đất nào cho Cộng sản" (We Will Stay, and We Will Defeat the Enemy)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chinh-phu-se-khong-bo-hay-nhuong-mot-tac-dat-1967/
description: A portrait sheet shows a photograph of three helmeted U.S. infantrymen on a hilltop skyline under a quotation attributed to Major General Nguyen Cao Ky.
section: Collection
---

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# "Chính phủ sẽ không bỏ hay nhường một tấc đất nào cho Cộng sản" (We Will Stay, and We Will Defeat the Enemy)

A portrait sheet shows a photograph of three helmeted U.S. infantrymen on a hilltop skyline under a quotation attributed to Major General Nguyen Cao Ky, Hue, May 1967: the government 'will not abandon or cede a single inch of land to the Communists'. An orange panel reports that U.S. Marines took and held a strategic hill in Quang Tri and that hundreds of enemy troops were killed or wounded. The tell is the named leader's pledge paired with a combat photograph of allied troops as its proof.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
"CHÍNH PHỦ SẼ KHÔNG BỎ HAY NHƯỜNG MỘT TẤC ĐẤT NÀO CHO CỘNG SẢN"
Thiếu-Tướng Nguyễn-Cao-Kỳ
Huế, tháng Năm 1967

Tại Quảng-Trị ngọn đồi chiến lược từng bị Cộng Quân kiểm soát đã bị Thủy Quân Lục Chiến Mỹ đánh chiếm và giữ vững. Trong trận đánh ác liệt hàng trăm quân địch đã bị giết và bị thương. Một lần nữa Quân lực VNCH và đồng minh đã biểu dương ý chí cương quyết đánh bại Cộng sản trên mọi chiến trường.

SP-1936
```

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

```
"THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT ABANDON OR CEDE A SINGLE INCH OF LAND TO THE COMMUNISTS"
Major General Nguyen Cao Ky
Hue, May 1967

In Quang Tri, a strategic hill that had been controlled by Communist troops was taken and held by the U.S. Marine Corps. In the fierce battle hundreds of enemy troops were killed and wounded. Once again the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces and their allies have shown their firm determination to defeat the Communists on every battlefield.

SP-1936
```

Translation is FRAME's own literal rendering. The code 'SP-1936' in the lower corner is faint.

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