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title: The Duty of the Royal Cambodian Army Is to Defend Your Family (Khmer-language poster distributed in Cambodia)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/duty-of-the-royal-cambodian-army-defend-your-family-khmer-1954/
description: A Khmer-language poster. A large Red Cross nurse in a laurel-wreathed cap looks over a mother holding a child, while two armed soldiers walk away in front
section: Collection
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# The Duty of the Royal Cambodian Army Is to Defend Your Family (Khmer-language poster distributed in Cambodia)

A Khmer-language poster. A large Red Cross nurse in a laurel-wreathed cap looks over a mother holding a child, while two armed soldiers walk away in front of red flames. The headline says the Royal Cambodian Army's duty is to defend your family. The tell is transfer, with the Red Cross emblem and the nurse's authority attached to the army, plus a mild fear-appeal in the flames the soldiers walk before.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

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

```
កងទ័ពខេមរភូមិន្ទ មាន
កាតព្វកិច្ច ត្រូវការពារ ដល់
គ្រួសារអ្នក ៗ

[small Khmer line at lower right, [illegible] at this resolution]
```

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

```
The Khmer Royal Army has the duty to defend the families of you all. (Headline; reading of some letters is uncertain.) The small line at lower right is not translated.
```

Headline reading is a best effort from the printed Khmer script; the small foot line is too small to read reliably.

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