Epikaira Eikonografimena poster, October 1958 (Greek pictorial poster distributed in Greece)
A Greek-language photo-and-caption wall sheet dated October 1958, with a block headed 'The 13th anniversary of the U.N.'. Photographs show a rocket launch and a nuclear-powered-aircraft concept, a model of a new UN building, Greek Korean-War medal recipients, a gift of money to a Greek foundation, and two pictures captioned as communist actions (Hungarian trials, shelling of Quemoy and Matsu). The tell is card-stacking, with name-calling in the loaded caption phrase 'judicial murders by the communists'.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- October 1958
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- USIS Greece, for U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Dept. IIE 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, Science and technology, Media and information
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- 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, 1 January 1958. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948780, 306-PPB-29c).
Text on the object
ΕΠΙΚΑΙΡΑ ΕΙΚΟΝΟΓΡΑΦΗΜΕΝΑ ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΣ 1958 Η 13Η ΕΠΕΤΕΙΟΣ ΤΟΥ Ο.Η.Ε. Ἡ δευτέρα ἐπέτειος τῆς Οὑγγρικῆς ἐπαναστάσεως (23 Ὀκτωβρίου) ἐπαναφέρει εἰς τὴν μνήμην τὰς «δικαστικὰς δολοφονίας» τῶν κομμουνιστῶν Οἱ βομβαρδισμοὶ τῶν νήσων Κεμὸυ καὶ Ματσοὺ εἰς τὴν περιοχὴν τῆς Φορμόζης ὑπὸ τῶν Κινέζων κομμουνιστῶν ΔΙΑΝΕΜΕΤΑΙ ΔΩΡΕΑΝ ΥΠΟ ΤΗΣ ΑΜΕΡΙΚΑΝΙΚΗΣ ΥΠΗΡΕΣΙΑΣ ΠΛΗΡΟΦΟΡΙΩΝ
TOPICAL ILLUSTRATED. THE 13TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.N. The second anniversary of the Hungarian revolution (23 October) brings back to memory the 'judicial murders' by the communists The bombardments of the islands of Quemoy and Matsu in the Formosa area by the Chinese communists Distributed free by the American Information Service
Only the masthead, date line, section headings, imprint and selected caption passages are transcribed; the many small photo captions are not reproduced in full. Polytonic accents are approximated from a downscaled scan.
