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
- Date
- April 7, 1958
- 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
- Persuade or win support
- 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, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, April 7, 1958. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948816, 306-PPB-34x).
Text on the object
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.
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.
