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title: 'Chitra Katha photo poster No. 6: U.S. mine sweeper to Pakistan (Bengali, Dacca)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chitra-katha-photo-poster-6-bengali-dacca-1957/
description: A Bengali-language photo page for USIS Dacca reporting a ceremony in Boston at which the U.S. Navy handed a mine-sweeper, renamed P.N.S. Mubarak.
section: Collection
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[![Chitra Katha photo poster No. 6: U.S. mine sweeper to Pakistan, 1957 US poster: A Bengali-language photo page for USIS Dacca](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/chitra-katha-photo-poster-6-bengali-dacca-1957.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/chitra-katha-photo-poster-6-bengali-dacca-1957.jpg)

# Chitra Katha photo poster No. 6: U.S. mine sweeper to Pakistan (Bengali, Dacca)

A Bengali-language photo page for USIS Dacca reporting a ceremony in Boston at which the U.S. Navy handed a mine-sweeper, renamed P.N.S. Mubarak, to Pakistan. Photographs show the guard of honour, the flag-raising, a plaque presentation and the Pakistani crew boarding. A U.S. rear admiral is quoted calling it a sign of mutual defence and the Southeast Asia treaty alliance. The tell is transfer: the ceremony's military pageantry is attached to the U.S.-Pakistan alliance.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
চিত্র কথা

পাকিস্তানকে মার্কিণ মাইন উত্তোলক জাহাজ উপহার দান

Issue No. 6.  Published weekly for U.S.I.S. Dacca by The Pioneer Press.
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)

U.S. mine-sweeper ship given as a gift to Pakistan

Issue No. 6.  Published weekly for U.S.I.S. Dacca by The Pioneer Press.
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.

[← Chitra Katha photo poster No. 5: Iraqi mission and food output (Bengali, Dacca)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chitra-katha-photo-poster-5-bengali-dacca-1957/) [Communism Gives You Security? Version A, Tagalog (poster distributed in Manila) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/communism-gives-you-security-a-tagalog-1957/)

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