Giấy thông-hành (Safe-Conduct Pass, seven-flag version)

A yellow safe-conduct pass headed 'Giấy thông-hành' shows the South Vietnamese flag in the centre, flanked by the flags of the United States, Australia, Thailand, South Korea, New Zealand and the Philippines. The printed line says the pass is 'to be honored by all Vietnamese government agencies and allied forces', repeated in Korean and Thai. The tell is the row of allied flags: the assurance is staged as backed by every force the holder might meet.

Date: 1967
Period: Cold War
Made by: Chieu Hoi programme safe-conduct pass produced for the Government of Vietnam and allied forces; NHHC catalogues it as issued by American forces and air-dropped
Region: North America
Country: United States
Medium: Leaflet
Issuer type: State
Regime: Johnson Administration
Leader: Lyndon B. Johnson
Audience: Enemy forces
Purpose: Mobilize or secure compliance
Theme: War and the military
Event: Vietnam War
Techniques: Transfer
Source: Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
Source: Naval History and Heritage Command (accession 2009-7-32), via Flickr and Wikimedia Commons, retrieved October 2, 2026
Rights: CC BY 2.0 (Commons cc-by-2.0, Flickr-reviewed); object also a U.S. Navy collection item
Naval History and Heritage Command, accession 2009-7-32; Flickr user navalhistory, CC BY 2.0.

Text on the object

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

GIẤY THÔNG-HÀNH

SAFE-CONDUCT PASS TO BE HONORED BY ALL VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND ALLIED FORCES

이 안전보장패쓰는 월남정부와 모든 연합군에 의해 인정된 것입니다.

รัฐบาลเวียตนามและหน่วยพันธมิตร ยินดีให้เกียรติแก่ผู้ถือบัตรผ่านปลอดภัยนี้.

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

SAFE-CONDUCT PASS

(English line as printed.)

Korean: This safe-conduct pass is recognised by the Vietnamese government and all allied forces.

Thai: The Vietnamese government and the allied units are pleased to honour the holder of this safe-conduct pass.

Korean and Thai lines are machine translations by Claude, not verified by fluent readers. The English line is printed on the pass.