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title: Diem small poster, handwritten message (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/diem-small-poster-handwritten-message-vietnamese-saigon-1954/
description: A halftone portrait of a man in a light jacket and dark tie within a double rule border, with a facsimile handwritten message and signature below.
section: Collection
---

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# Diem small poster, handwritten message (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)

A halftone portrait of a man in a light jacket and dark tie within a double rule border, with a facsimile handwritten message and signature below, signed Ngo Dinh Diem at Independence Palace on 22 November 1954. The message urges everyone to join their minds, will and abilities to protect the nation and the people's happiness in independence and unity. The tell is testimonial: the leader's own portrait and signed words carry the appeal, built on glittering generalities such as independence and unity.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Chúng ta hãy hợp tâm trí,
nghị lực và khả năng để bảo vệ
non sông, và hạnh phúc quốc dân
trong độc lập và thống nhứt.
Ngô Đình Diệm
Tại Dinh Độc Lập ngày 22 tháng 11 1954
```

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

```
Let us join our minds, will and abilities to protect the country and the people's happiness in independence and unity. Ngo Dinh Diem, at Independence Palace, 22 November 1954.
```

Handwritten facsimile; signature read as Ngô Đình Diệm; no printer imprint.

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