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title: 'Chitra Katha photo poster No. 5: Iraqi mission and food output (Bengali, Dacca)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chitra-katha-photo-poster-5-bengali-dacca-1957/
description: 'A Bengali-language photo page for USIS Dacca in two reports: an Iraqi mission visiting the Daulatpur village development training centre.'
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[![Chitra Katha photo poster No. 5: Iraqi mission and food output, 1957 US poster: A Bengali-language photo page for USIS Dacca](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/chitra-katha-photo-poster-5-bengali-dacca-1957.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/chitra-katha-photo-poster-5-bengali-dacca-1957.jpg)

# Chitra Katha photo poster No. 5: Iraqi mission and food output (Bengali, Dacca)

A Bengali-language photo page for USIS Dacca in two reports: an Iraqi mission visiting the Daulatpur village development training centre, and a Tando Jam agricultural meeting on raising Pakistan's food output, where a U.S. aid director is quoted saying America is ready to help Pakistan. The tell is card-stacking: village-development work and U.S. assistance are shown through selected meetings and demonstrations.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
চিত্র কথা

দৌলতপুর পল্লী উন্নয়ন কেন্দ্রে ইরাকী মিশন
খাদ্যোৎপাদন বৃদ্ধির প্রচেষ্টা

Issue No. 5.  Published weekly for U. S. I. S. Dacca by The EDEN PRESS, Dacca.
Editor's Note:- Please Post in Public Place, such as School Room, Reading Room, Bulletin Board etc.
```

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

```
Chitra Katha (Pictorial Story)

Iraqi mission at the Daulatpur village development centre
Efforts to increase food production

Issue No. 5.  Published weekly for U. S. I. S. Dacca by The EDEN PRESS, Dacca.
Editor's Note:- Please Post in Public Place, such as School Room, Reading Room, Bulletin Board etc.
```

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

[← Bill Miller sports demonstration poster (Lao, Vientiane)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/bill-miller-sports-demonstration-poster-lao-vientiane-1957/) [Chitra Katha photo poster No. 6: U.S. mine sweeper to Pakistan (Bengali, Dacca) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chitra-katha-photo-poster-6-bengali-dacca-1957/)

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