Germ Warfare: 공산주의자들의 거짓은 탈로되었다 (The Communists' Lies Have Been Exposed) (Korean poster distributed in Asia)
A photo sheet in Korean 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
- May 8, 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, May 8, 1952. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 5729959, 306-PPA-59).
Text on the object
공산주의자들의 거짓은 탈로되었다 중공 및 북한 공산주의자들은, 북한내의 군인 및 민간의 보건을 유지할수없었던 나머지 "세균폭탄"을 쓴다고 유엔군을 비난하여왔다 쏘련의 "야콥 말릭,(왼편)의 비난에대하여 미 국무장관 "애치슨,씨는 "우스꽝스럽다고 즉석에서 이를 규정했다 유엔사무총장 "트리그브 리,씨는곧이를 부정하는 성명을 냈다 국제적으로 중립적인 단체로 알려진 적십자는 그원인여하를 불문하고, 그 비난을 조사함과 동시에 병자를 구호하는 책임을 지겠다고하였다 유엔직원들도 이에 동의했다 그러나 공산주의자들은 사실이 세계에 탈로될가 두려워 전에도 중립적인 "스위스"의 적십자를 거부한것과같이 이를 거듭 거부했으며, 또 유엔세계보건기구의 도움을 거절했다 거짓은 탈로되었다 온세계는, 공산포로를까지도, 유엔과 자유세계가 보건과 진리를 위하며 결코 질병과거짓을위하지 않음을 알고있다. 왼편사진의 포로와 가운데사진에있는 부상포로는 일찌기 받아본일이없는 잡된 치료를 받고 있다 미국과 유엔의 보건사업을 아는사람은 (오른편)역시 이 진리를 알고있으며 공산주의자들이 거짓말쟁이임을 알고있다 [K]
The Communists' Lies Have Been Exposed The Chinese and North Korean Communists, unable to maintain the health of soldiers and civilians in North Korea, have accused the UN forces of using "germ bombs". To the accusation by the Soviet "Jacob Malik" the U.S. Secretary of State "Acheson" at once declared it "ridiculous". UN Secretary-General "Trygve Lie" at once issued a statement denying it. The Red Cross, known as an internationally neutral body, said it would take responsibility for investigating the accusation and, at the same time, relieving the sick, whatever the cause. UN officials agreed to this too. But the Communists, fearing the facts would be exposed to the world, repeatedly refused this, as they had earlier refused the neutral "Swiss" Red Cross, and rejected the help of the UN World Health Organization. The lie has been exposed. The whole world, even Communist prisoners, knows that the UN and the free world stand for health and truth and never for disease and falsehood. The prisoner in the left picture and the wounded prisoner in the middle picture are receiving care they have never had. Those who know the U.S. and UN health work (right) also know this truth and know the Communists are liars.
Handwritten-style Korean type; some syllables are uncertain and were transcribed as read. The caption for the first block gives Malik as '(left)' while the photograph of Malik is at right.
