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Communist Atrocities and Governments poster, 1954 US poster: A two-column Burmese comic-strip poster in four paired panels

Communist Atrocities and Governments poster (Burmese, Rangoon)

A two-column Burmese comic-strip poster in four paired panels. The left column, headed in red, shows scenes attributed to Communist forces: a wrecked bridge and train, an armed man in an armband at a school door with children, armed men taking food from villagers, and a burning village with fleeing families. The right column shows a rebuilt bridge, a school and train, relief supplies handed out and new housing, attributed to the government. The tell is card-stacking: one side is shown only by destruction and the other only by construction.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Card stackingFear appeal
Date
July 19, 1954
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, July 19, 1954. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948998, 306-PBB-126).

Text on the object

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

[Burmese script: headline, two red column headings and eight panel captions printed in Burmese; not reliably legible at the available image resolution]

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

Not transcribed. By NARA's title the sheet concerns Communist atrocities and governments: the left column depicts attacks and the right column depicts government reconstruction work (bridge, school, relief distribution, housing).

Burmese text could not be transcribed verbatim from the scan; no imprint is printed.

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