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title: The Government is Helping People, Victims of the Communist Attack
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/government-helping-victims-communist-attack-1965-1969/
description: Sheet 2419 sets a row of photographs of bandaged civilians, nurses serving food, a loaded relief truck and a crowded shelter above a large photograph
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** Photographs show bandaged civilians including children, a ruined street, and a crowded shelter, as issued. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![The Government is Helping People, Victims of the Communist Attack, 1965 US poster: Sheet 2419 sets a row of photographs](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/government-helping-victims-communist-attack-1965-1969.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/government-helping-victims-communist-attack-1965-1969.jpg)

# The Government is Helping People, Victims of the Communist Attack

Sheet 2419 sets a row of photographs of bandaged civilians, nurses serving food, a loaded relief truck and a crowded shelter above a large photograph of a burnt-out street where a man crouches at a water pump. The text says tens of thousands of people 'victims of the recent Viet Cong attack' were helped by government relief agencies across the country, and the footer reads 'The terrorist Communist army is certain to be destroyed.' The tell: relief scenes and ruins are attributed to one side's attack, with the opponent labelled 'terrorist' in the closing line.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) [Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/)

## Text on the object

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

```
CHÁNH PHỦ GIÚP ĐỠ NHỮNG ĐỒNG BÀO NẠN NHÂN DO CUỘC TẤN CÔNG CỦA CỘNG-SẢN

HÀNG VẠN ĐỒNG BÀO NẠN NHÂN CUỘC TẤN CÔNG CỦA VIỆT-CỘNG VỪA QUA ĐƯỢC CÁC CƠ-QUAN CỨU TRỢ CỦA CHÍNH PHỦ GIÚP ĐỠ TRÊN TOÀN QUỐC

QUÂN CỘNG-SẢN KHỦNG BỐ NHẤT ĐỊNH BỊ TIÊU DIỆT

2419
```

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

```
THE GOVERNMENT HELPS THE COMPATRIOTS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF THE COMMUNIST ATTACK

Tens of thousands of compatriots, victims of the recent Viet Cong attack, are being helped by the government's relief agencies throughout the country.

THE TERRORIST COMMUNIST ARMY IS CERTAIN TO BE DESTROYED

2419
```

Translation by FRAME from the Vietnamese text on the poster, literal and machine-assisted, not checked by a fluent reader; the claims are the poster's own and FRAME has not checked them against other records. Diacritics are transcribed as printed to the best of legibility at this image resolution.

[← The Government Cares for the People](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/government-cares-for-the-people-1965-1969/) [The Government Helps the Refugees from Communism (Chính phủ giúp đỡ đồng bào tỵ nạn cộng sản) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/government-helps-refugees-from-communism-1965-1969/)

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