Chitra Katha photo poster No. 22: Pakistani naval chief at Charleston, 1957 US poster: A Bengali-language photo page for USIS

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 Transfer

Date: September 24, 1957
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: Reassure
Theme: War and the military
Event: Cold War
Source: Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
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, September 24, 1957. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948808, 306-PPB-34p).

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.