Free World Pictorial poster, Vol. 4 No. 5 (Chinese poster distributed in Taipei)
A Chinese-language photo sheet of about ten items. Pictures show the new U.S. Secretary of State, Chiang Kai-shek at a reception for foreign diplomats, overseas Chinese youth returning to Taiwan, three portraits of the Dalai Lama with a report headed as an accusation against Chinese Communist violence in Tibet, a demonstration sign reading 'Protect Dalai Lama from Red terror', U.S. Navy nuclear-submarine training, a film still and a jade exhibit. The tell is card-stacking: reports on U.S. and Taiwan officials and on Tibet are chosen to support the 'free world' framing.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- May 19, 1959
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Dept. IIEP), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series; USIS Taiwan imprint
- 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, Religion
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- 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, May 19, 1959. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949150, 306-PPB-230d).
Text on the object
自由世界畫報 卷四 5 臺灣美國新聞處編印 中華民國四十八年五月一日出版 美國新國務卿 蔣總統舉行盛大茶會 華僑青年歸國勞軍 達賴喇嘛指責中共在藏暴行 美國軍海受核子訓練 「金粉世界」影片 珍藏玉器展覽 PROTECT DALAI LAMA FROM RED TERROR WANT
Free World Pictorial Volume 4, No. 5 Compiled and printed by the United States Information Service, Taiwan Published 1 May, Republic of China year 48 New U.S. Secretary of State President Chiang holds a large tea reception Overseas Chinese youth return to visit and cheer the troops Dalai Lama accuses the Chinese Communists of violence in Tibet U.S. Navy nuclear-submarine training The film 'Les Girls' [title as read] Exhibition of treasured jade ware [English text as printed]
Only the masthead, issue line, imprint and photo-caption headings are transcribed; the body captions are partly illegible at this resolution and are not transcribed verbatim.
