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title: Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/generalissimo-madame-chiang-kai-shek-1941/
description: Photographic poster of Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling seated in a domestic room with a dog, a framed portrait on the wall behind them.
section: Collection
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# Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek

Photographic poster of Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling seated in a domestic room with a dog, a framed portrait on the wall behind them. A boxed quotation attributed to Franklin D. Roosevelt praises Chinese resistance and the common cause of the United Nations. The technique is testimonial: a president's words are attached to a photograph of an allied leader.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
"The tenacity of the Chinese people, both armed and unarmed,
in the face of tremendous odds in carrying on for almost five
years a resolute defense against an enemy far superior in equip-
ment is an inspiration to the fighting men and all the peoples of
the other United Nations ...

"I extend to you across land and sea the hand of comradeship
for the common good, the common goal, the common victory that
shall be ours."
—Franklin D. Roosevelt

GENERALISSIMO
AND MADAME CHIANG KAI-SHEK
```

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