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
- Date
- November 25, 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
- Elections and party politics, Empire and colonialism
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Posters in Asia, Latin America, Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, November 25, 1954. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949135, 306-PPB-223).
Text on the object
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
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.
