Forensic Research Archive of Manipulation and Exploitation
Flags of the United Nations, 1953 US poster: A chart of the flags of the United Nations member states arranged around

Flags of the United Nations (English poster distributed in Asia)

A chart of the flags of the United Nations member states arranged around the blue UN flag at the centre, each labelled with its country name, including the flags of the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, the Soviet republics of Byelorussia and Ukraine, and China (Republic of China flag). The sheet makes no argument beyond its title. The tell is transfer: the UN emblem at the centre carries the organisation's standing to the flags around it.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Transfer
Date
May 5, 1953
Period
Cold War
Made by
U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia series
Region
North America
Country
United States
Medium
Poster
Issuer type
State
Regime
Eisenhower Administration
Leader
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Audience
Foreign public
Purpose
Warn or inform
Theme
War and the military
Event
Cold War
Source
Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
Source
U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, retrieved October 3, 2026
Rights
Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, May 5, 1953. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 5729949, 306-PPA-49).

Text on the object

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

FLAGS OF THE UNITED NATIONS

AFGHANISTAN; ARGENTINE; AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM; BOLIVIA; BURMA; BYELORUSSIAN SSR; CANADA; CHILE; CHINA; BRAZIL; COSTA RICA; CUBA; CZECHOSLOVAKIA; DENMARK; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; COLOMBIA; ECUADOR; EGYPT; EL SALVADOR; ETHIOPIA; FRANCE; GREECE; GUATEMALA; HAITI; HONDURAS; INDIA; INDONESIA; IRAN; ICELAND; ISRAEL; LEBANON; LIBERIA; IRAQ; NICARAGUA; LUXEMBOURG; MEXICO; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; NORWAY; PAKISTAN; PANAMA; PARAGUAY; PERU; PHILIPPINES; POLAND; SAUDI ARABIA; SWEDEN; SYRIA; TURKEY; UKRAINIAN SSR; URUGUAY; UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA; SIAM; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS; VENEZUELA; YEMEN; YUGOSLAVIA

Labels are small and rotated; listed in approximate reading order.

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