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title: Return to the National Cause poster, No. 388 (Vietnamese, Saigon)
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description: A Vietnamese photo-layout poster headed 'Return to the National Cause'. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
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# Return to the National Cause poster, No. 388 (Vietnamese, Saigon)

A Vietnamese photo-layout poster headed 'Return to the National Cause'. It tells the story of Nguyen Van Tien, a farmer of Kien Tuong province, who says his family was forced into a Viet Cong zone in 1962 and on 13 July 1964 left it and reported to the province Chieu Hoi centre. Photographs show the family receiving papers, a medical check, land, a buffalo, seed, a loan and school places. The tell is testimonial: one named family stands for the offer made to defectors.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
TRỞ VỀ VỚI CHÁNH NGHĨA QUỐC GIA

ÔNG NGUYỄN-VĂN-TIẾN, 53 TUỔI CÙNG VỚI GIA ĐÌNH TỪ NHỎ VẪN SINH SỐNG TẠI ẤP TÂN-THIẾT XÃ THẠNH-HÒA TỈNH KIẾN-TƯỜNG, CHUYÊN LO VỀ RUỘNG RẪY. NĂM 1962, GIA ĐÌNH ÔNG TIẾN CÙNG KHOẢNG 20 GIA ĐÌNH KHÁC BỊ VIỆT-CỘNG ÉP BUỘC PHẢI RỜI QUÊ QUÁN VÀO SỐNG Ở VÙNG TRẤP-TRE, XÃ THẠNH-PHÚ (TUYÊN-NHƠN) NƠI VIỆT-CỘNG KIỂM SOÁT. SAU MẤY NĂM TRỜI SỐNG DƯỚI ÁCH CỘNG SẢN ÔNG TIẾN PHẢI ĐÓNG THUẾ NUÔI QUÂN, LÀM ẤP, XÃ CHIẾN ĐẤU, ĐÀO HẦM, ĐẶT CHÔNG. ĐỜI SỐNG VÔ CÙNG CỰC KHỔ VÀ THIẾU THỐN. NGÀY 13-7-1964, ÔNG TIẾN THEO TIẾNG GỌI CỦA CHÁNH NGHĨA QUỐC GIA ĐÃ ĐEM CẢ GIA ĐÌNH TRỐN KHỎI VÙNG VIỆT-CỘNG TỚI TRÌNH DIỆN TẠI TRUNG TÂM CHIÊU HỒI TỈNH KIẾN-TƯỜNG. GIA ĐÌNH ÔNG TIẾN ĐÃ ĐƯỢC CÁC CẤP CHÁNH QUYỀN ĐỊA PHƯƠNG NIỀM NỞ TIẾP ĐÓN, ÂN CẦN SĂN SÓC, TẬN TÌNH GIÚP ĐỠ VỀ MỌI PHƯƠNG DIỆN.

Ông Nguyễn-văn-Tiến và vợ là Mai-thị-Sảnh cùng năm con từ Trấp-Tre trở về với chánh nghĩa quốc gia

Ông Tiến cũng được cấp phát ruộng, trâu, lúa giống và phân bón để làm ruộng

Những giấy tờ cần thiết được cấp phát mau lẹ và dễ dàng cho gia đình ông Tiến

Gia đình ông Tiến được nhân viên y tế khám sức khoẻ

Ông cũng được cấp ghe thuyền và ngư cụ để chài lưới tăng thêm lợi tức gia đình

Các con ông Tiến được nhận vào học tại trường của Chánh phủ

Chánh quyền địa phương cấp phát vật liệu làm nhà cho gia đình ông Tiến

Thiếu tá Tỉnh trưởng Kiến-Tường tỏ lòng ưu ái đối với gia đình ông Tiến và cấp phát những vật dụng cần thiết

Ty Nông Tín và Hợp Tác Xã cho ông Tiến vay tiền làm mùa

[sign: PHÒNG KHÁM BỆNH] [sign: TIỂU HỌC KIẾN TƯỜNG]
```

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

```
RETURN TO THE NATIONAL CAUSE

Mr Nguyen-Van-Tien, 53, together with his family, has lived since childhood in Tan-Thiet hamlet, Thanh-Hoa village, Kien-Tuong province, working his fields. In 1962 Mr Tien's family and about 20 other families were forced by the Viet Cong to leave their home and live in the Trap-Tre area, Thanh-Phu village (Tuyen-Nhon), controlled by the Viet Cong. After several years under the Communist yoke Mr Tien had to pay taxes to feed the army, do combat hamlet and village work, dig tunnels and set traps. Life was extremely hard and short of necessities. On 13-7-1964, following the call of the national cause, Mr Tien took the whole family out of the Viet Cong area and reported to the Kien-Tuong province Chieu Hoi centre. Mr Tien's family was warmly received by the local authorities at all levels, attentively cared for and helped in every respect.

Mr Nguyen-van-Tien and his wife Mai-thi-Sanh with five children return from Trap-Tre to the national cause

Mr Tien is also given fields, a buffalo, seed rice and fertiliser to farm

The necessary papers are issued quickly and easily to Mr Tien's family

Mr Tien's family is examined by medical staff

He is also given a boat and fishing gear to increase the family income

Mr Tien's children are admitted to the Government's school

The local authorities issue house-building materials to Mr Tien's family

The Major province chief of Kien-Tuong shows affection for Mr Tien's family and issues necessary items

The Agricultural Credit Office and Cooperative lend Mr Tien money for the crop

[signs: Clinic] [Kien Tuong Primary School]
```

Spacing and hyphenation of names kept as printed; an archival number is faintly stamped at top right and omitted.

[← Border Police Serve the People poster, PPB-367 (Thai, Bangkok)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/border-police-serve-the-people-ppb-367-thai-bangkok-1964/) [Heraldo Grafico poster, September 1964 (Spanish poster distributed in San Salvador) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/heraldo-grafico-poster-413f-september-spanish-san-salvador-1964/)

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