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title: 'Germ Warfare: Khmer-language headline, approximately ''The Communists'' Lie Was Caught on the Spot'' (Communist germ-warfare charge rebutted) (Khmer poster distributed in Asia)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/germ-warfare-khmer-1952/
description: A photo sheet in Khmer answering the 1952 Communist charge that UN forces used germ weapons in Korea. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
---

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# Germ Warfare: Khmer-language headline, approximately 'The Communists' Lie Was Caught on the Spot' (Communist germ-warfare charge rebutted) (Khmer poster distributed in Asia)

A photo sheet in Khmer 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 layout is the same as the other editions. 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

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

## Text on the object

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

```
សេចក្តីភូតភររបស់ កុម្មុយនិស្ត ត្រូវគេចាប់បានពេញទី

[illegible]

[illegible]

[illegible]

[illegible]

[CA]
```

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

```
Headline (approximate): The Communists' deceit was caught in the act. Body captions: not transcribed; the Khmer script at this scan resolution could not be read reliably. The photographs and layout match the other language editions of this sheet.
```

Only the headline and the edition letter were read. The numbered Khmer caption blocks are in small script that could not be read reliably from the scan, so they are marked [illegible] and not translated; translation of the headline is approximate.

[← Germ Warfare: 共產黨的謊話被戳穿了！ (Communist Lies Have Been Exposed!) (Chinese poster distributed in Asia)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/germ-warfare-chinese-1952/) [Germ Warfare: 공산주의자들의 거짓은 탈로되었다 (The Communists' Lies Have Been Exposed) (Korean poster distributed in Asia) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/germ-warfare-korean-1952/)

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