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title: 'Chitra Katha photo poster No. 36: Recent SEATO conference in Manila (Bengali photo poster distributed in Dacca)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chitra-katha-36-seato-council-manila-bengali-dacca-1958/
description: A Bengali photo sheet on the fourth annual ministerial council of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, held at Manila on 11 to 13 March.
section: Collection
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# Chitra Katha photo poster No. 36: Recent SEATO conference in Manila (Bengali photo poster distributed in Dacca)

A Bengali photo sheet on the fourth annual ministerial council of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, held at Manila on 11 to 13 March. Photographs show delegations of the United States, Thailand, Pakistan, Australia, France and Britain, and a flag-raising at which Pakistan's flag was flown. Captions quote the Philippine president's inaugural speech. The tell is bandwagon and card-stacking: seated delegations and ceremonies display unity, with no disagreement shown.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
চিত্র কথা

ম্যানিলায় সাম্প্রতিক সিটো সম্মেলন

Issue No. 36 Published weekly for U.S.I.S, Dacca by Jatiya Mudran
Editor's Note:- Please Post in Public Place, such as School Room, Bulletin Board Etc.
```

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

```
Chitra Katha (Picture Story)

The recent SEATO conference in Manila

[English imprint lines as printed.]
```

Masthead, headline and imprint transcribed; the Bengali body captions beneath the photographs are not transcribed in full.

[← Points of Interest poster No. 7, Philippines and U.S. (English, Manila)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/points-of-interest-poster-7-philippines-us-english-manila-1958/) [Chitra Katha photo poster No. 37: Hoffman-Boston school students, Virginia (Bengali photo poster distributed in Dacca) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chitra-katha-37-hoffman-boston-school-students-bengali-dacca-1958/)

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