Hanoi Officials Propaganda Poster (Cán bộ ... thì do Hà Nội huấn luyện và gửi xuyên qua các đường xâm nhập)
A red banner headed 'CADRES' says that cadres are trained by Hanoi and sent south along infiltration routes, showing how Hanoi commands the Viet Cong. Below are a portrait of a named second lieutenant and a photograph of a North Vietnamese lieutenant, who the text says rallied in the South in November 1965, sitting laughing with a Vietnamese officer and a Westerner. The tell is two named individuals standing as testimony for the claim that the Viet Cong are directed from the North, with the ralliers' own words not quoted.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1965
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Unattributed South Vietnam-directed psychological warfare poster, catalogued by NARA in the U.S. Information Agency series (RG 306); no imprint printed
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Johnson Administration
- Leader
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Audience
- Enemy forces
- Purpose
- Demonize
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- Vietnam War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Psychological Warfare Posters, Vietnam War (NAID 561393), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Issuer not printed on the sheet; catalogued by NARA in RG 306 (U.S. Information Agency) psychological warfare posters. National Archives and Records Administration, 306-VP-8-1637a.
Text on the object
CÁN BỘ .. thì do Hà Nội huấn luyện và gửi xuyên qua các đường xâm nhập để vào Miền Nam, cho thấy Hà Nội dùng quyền chỉ huy Việt Cộng như thế nào. Bùi Văn Cương Thiếu úy, Uỷ viên Chính Trị của Trung Đoàn 33, Sư Đoàn 325-B mới của Quân Đội Bắc Việt. Đã đầu thú tại Miền Nam vào tháng 11 - 1965 . Lai Văn Cư Cựu Trung Uý ( Tiểu Đoàn Trưởng ) trong Trung Đoàn 101, Sư Đoàn 325 của Quân Đội Bắc Việt tác chiến ở Nam Việt . Trung Uý Cư đã bắt đầu giác ngộ về hành động tội lỗi giết hại đồng bào của anh. Sau đó anh ra đầu thú tại Miền Nam vào tháng 11 - 1965 . 6-745 (16)
CADRES .. are trained by Hanoi and sent through the infiltration routes into the South, showing how Hanoi uses its power of command over the Viet Cong. Bui Van Cuong Second Lieutenant, Political Commissar of Regiment 33, the new Division 325-B of the North Vietnamese Army. Surrendered in the South in November 1965. Lai Van Cu, former Lieutenant (battalion commander) in Regiment 101, Division 325 of the North Vietnamese Army, fighting in South Vietnam. Lieutenant Cu began to realise the guilt of the act of killing his compatriots. Afterwards he came forward to surrender in the South in November 1965. 6-745 (16)
Text read from the image; the layout places the two name blocks beside the portrait and the lower photograph, and it is not certain from the sheet which caption belongs to which picture. 'Cựu Trung Uý (Tiểu Đoàn Trưởng)' is rendered 'former Lieutenant (battalion commander)' as printed. Translation is FRAME's literal rendering and is not verified by a fluent reader.
