Germ Warfare: Nahuli ang mga Komunista sa Isang Kasinungalingan (Communists Caught in a Lie) (Tagalog poster distributed in Asia)
A photo sheet in Tagalog 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 5729961, 306-PPA-61).
Text on the object
NAHULI ANG MGA KOMUNISTA SA ISANG KASINUNGALINGAN Ang mga Komunista na sa malas ay di kayang mapangalagaan ang kalusugan sa Korea ay nagparatang na gumagamit ng "bombang mikrobyo" ang U.N. Kanan, si Malik ng Rusya na nagparatang; tinugong "kakutya-kutya" ni Kalihim Acheson ng E.U., kaliwa. Tinutulan ng Pangkalahatang Kalihim Lie ng U.N., gitna. Tinanggap ng Krus na Pula ang pananagutang magsuri sa mga paratang at tumulong sa maysakit -- maging ano ang sanhi. Sinang-ayunan ng mga pinuno ng U.N. Nguni't tinanggihan ng mga Komunista sapagka't natatakot mabilad ang katotohanan, tulad sa ginawang pagtanggi noong una, at tinanggihan ang tulong ng WHO. Nabunyag ang kasinungalingan. Ang malayang daigdig ay naninindigan sa katotohanan. Tumanggap ng kalinga ang mga bilanggong gaya nang makikita sa kaliwa at sugatang nasa gitna ng larawan. Ang makasaksi sa gawain ng E.U. at U.N. (kanan) ay nakababatid rin ng katotohanan, at ng kasinungalingan ng Komunista. [TA]
Communists Caught in a Lie The Communists, who apparently cannot safeguard health in Korea, have charged that the U.N. is using "germ bombs". At right, Malik of Russia, who made the charge; it was answered "ridiculous" by Secretary Acheson of the U.S., left. Secretary-General Lie of the U.N., centre, objected. The Red Cross accepted the responsibility to examine the charges and to help the sick, whatever the cause. The U.N. leaders agreed. But the Communists refused, because they fear the truth will be exposed, as in their earlier refusal, and rejected the help of the WHO. The lie is exposed. The free world stands by the truth. Prisoners received care, as seen at left, and the wounded man in the centre of the picture. Those who witness the work of the U.S. and U.N. (right) also know the truth and the Communists' lie.
