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title: 'Chitra Katha photo poster No. 22: Pakistani naval chief at Charleston (Bengali, Dacca)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chitra-katha-photo-poster-22-bengali-dacca-1957/
description: A Bengali-language photo page for USIS Dacca headed 'Pakistani officer honoured at Charleston naval base'. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
---

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# Chitra Katha photo poster No. 22: Pakistani naval chief at Charleston (Bengali, Dacca)

A Bengali-language photo page for USIS Dacca headed 'Pakistani officer honoured at Charleston naval base'. Photographs show Pakistan Navy chief of staff Commodore Abdur Rashid on a visit to U.S. Navy facilities at Charleston: a guard of honour, handshakes with U.S. captains, a minesweeper, a diving suit and rows of mothballed vessels. The tell is transfer: ceremony and hospitality attach U.S. naval prestige to the Pakistan-U.S. defence relationship.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
চিত্র কথা

চার্লসটন নৌ-কেন্দ্রে পাকিস্তানী অফিসার সম্মানিত

[Bengali photo captions not transcribed in full]

Issue No. 22 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 (Pictorial Story)

Pakistani officer honoured at Charleston naval base

[Bengali photo captions on the page not transcribed in full: Commodore Abdur Rashid, chief of staff of the Pakistan Navy, received a guard of honour at the Charleston naval base and toured the shipyard, a minesweeper, a diving station and reserve fleet.]

Issue No. 22 Published weekly for U. S. I. S. Dacca by Jatiya Mudran.
Editor's Note :-Please Post in Public Place, such as School Room Buletin Board Etc.
```

Only the masthead, headline and printed imprint lines are transcribed; the small Bengali photo captions and body columns are not transcribed in full.

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