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title: L30 Cabinet poster, Colonel Kou Abhay (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/l30-cabinet-poster-colonel-kou-abhay-lao-1958/
description: A single Lao-language portrait sheet of a smiling man in a white peaked cap and white uniform with shoulder boards, captioned with his rank.
section: Collection
---

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# L30 Cabinet poster, Colonel Kou Abhay (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)

A single Lao-language portrait sheet of a smiling man in a white peaked cap and white uniform with shoulder boards, captioned with his rank, name and ministry post. It names no policy or slogan. The tell is transfer: the uniform, insignia and official portrait attach the authority of the state's defence ministry to the named individual.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
ທ່ານນາຍພັນຕຣີ ກຸປະສິດ ອະໄພຍ໌
ອະທິບໍດີກະຊວງປ້ອງກັນປະເທດ
```

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

```
Colonel [Kou Abhay (Lao: Kupasit Abhai)], head of the Ministry of National Defence.
```

Lao script read from the image; the rank and name spellings are as read and may contain misreadings.

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