Germ Warfare: Ang mga Komunista Nadakpan sa Binutig (Communists Caught in a Lie) (Hiligaynon poster distributed in Asia)
A photo sheet in Hiligaynon answering the 1952 Communist charge that UN forces used germ weapons in Korea. Portraits of Acheson, Trygve Lie and Jacob Malik head the page, above photographs of a UN-flagged field hospital, Red Cross delegates, a prisoner being inoculated, a wounded man on a stretcher and a man spraying a shed. The captions state that the UN and Red Cross offered an investigation and that the Communists refused. The tell is testimonial and transfer: UN and Red Cross standing is attached to the US-UN side, and officials' denials stand as the rebuttal.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- June 3, 1952
- 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
- Truman Administration
- Leader
- Harry S. Truman
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Health, Media and information
- Event
- Korean 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, June 3, 1952. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 5729955, 306-PPA-55).
Text on the object
ANG MGA KOMUNISTA NADAKPAN SA BINUTIG ANG MGA KOMUNISTANG Insik kag Norte Koreanhon, sanglit indi sila makaatipan sa ikaayong-lawas sang mga soldado kag sibilyan sa Naaminhan nga Korea, nagsumbong nga ang UN nagagamit sing "bomba nga kagaw". Si Jacob Malik sang Rusya, sa tuo, amo'ng pagpanumbongon, nga "makahalam-ot" suno kay Acheson sang EU, sa wala. Ginhimutig ini ni Trygve Lie sang Norwega, Sekretaryo Heneral sang UN, sa tunga. ANG KRUS ROHA, kilala nga neutral sa bug-os nga kalibutan, nagbaton sing salabton sa pagpangusisa sa panumbongon kag pagbulig sa masakiton -- bisan ano ang kabangdanan. Mga opisyal sang UN ugyon sa tanyag. APANG ANG MGA KOMUNISTA, nagpamatuk subong sang pagpamalabag nila sa mga alagad sang Krus Roha sang neutral nga Swisa, kag pagsikway nila sa bulig gikan sa World Health Organization sang UN. NATUKIBAN ang butig. Ang kalibutan -- kag ang Komunistang binilanggo sa inaway -- nakahibalo nga ang UN kag ang hilway nga kalibutan nagatib-ong sing ikaayong-lawas kag kamatuoran, indi balatian kag binutig. Ang mga binilanggo sa wala kag ang pilason sa tunga, nagabaton sang minatuod nga pag-atipan. Ang mga nakakita sa hublag sang EU kag UN sa ikaayong-lawas (sa tuo) nakahibalo nga ang mga Komunista nagabinutig. [H1]
Communists Caught in a Lie The Chinese and North Korean Communists, since they cannot look after the health of soldiers and civilians in North Korea, have charged that the UN is using "germ bombs". Jacob Malik of Russia, right, made the accusation, which Acheson of the U.S., left, called "ridiculous" [Hiligaynon "makahalam-ot"; sense approximate]. Trygve Lie of Norway, Secretary General of the UN, centre, denied it. The Red Cross, known as neutral throughout the world, accepted the responsibility of investigating the charges and of helping the sick, whatever the cause. UN officials agreed to the offer. But the Communists refused, as they had earlier refused the services of the neutral Swiss Red Cross, and rejected help from the UN World Health Organization. The lie is exposed. The world, and the Communist prisoners of war, know that the UN and the free world stand for health and truth, not disease and lies. The prisoners at left and the wounded man in the centre receive real care. Those who saw the U.S. and UN health work (right) know that the Communists are lying.
Translation is approximate; Hiligaynon wording was read from the printed sheet and checked against the other-language editions of the same layout.
