L30 Cabinet poster 144e, Phoumi Nosavan portrait (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)
A Lao-language portrait sheet showing a man in a white peaked cap and white tunic with epaulettes and a dark tie, captioned with a name and a title. It makes no argument beyond the portrait. The tell is transfer: the uniform, insignia and formal studio pose attach the authority of office and rank to the named figure.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- September 25, 1958
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Elections and party politics
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Propaganda Posters (Asia, Latin America, Middle East), retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, September 25, 1958. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949027, 306-PPB-144e).
Text on the object
ທ່ານນາຍພັນໂທ ພູມີ ໜໍ່ສວັນ ຜູ້ບັນຊາການທະຫານພາກ ໔
Lt. Col. (rank as read) Phoumi Nosavan, Commander of Military Region 4
Lao script read by eye from the scan; the stylised typeface makes some letters, rank words and numerals uncertain.
