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title: L30 Cabinet poster, Souvanna Phouma (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/l30-cabinet-poster-souvanna-phouma-lao-1958/
description: A single Lao-language portrait sheet of a man in a white high-collared official tunic with embroidered collar badges and medals.
section: Collection
---

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[![L30 Cabinet poster, Souvanna Phouma, 1958 US poster: A single Lao-language portrait sheet of a man in a white high-collared](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/l30-cabinet-poster-souvanna-phouma-lao-1958.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/l30-cabinet-poster-souvanna-phouma-lao-1958.jpg)

# L30 Cabinet poster, Souvanna Phouma (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)

A single Lao-language portrait sheet of a man in a white high-collared official tunic with embroidered collar badges and medals, captioned with his title and name. No slogan is printed. The tell is transfer: official dress, decorations and a formal portrait attach state authority to the named office-holder.

## 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

```
ສະເດັດເຈົ້າສຸວັນນະພູມມາ
ນາຍົກຣັຖມົນຕຣີແຫ່ງປະເທດລາວ
```

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

```
Prince Souvanna Phouma, Prime Minister of the country of Laos.
```

Lao script read from the image; spellings as read.

[← L30 Cabinet poster, King Sisavang Vong (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/l30-cabinet-poster-king-sisavang-vong-lao-1958/) [Epikaira Eikonografimena poster, October 1958 (Greek pictorial poster distributed in Greece) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/epikaira-eikonografimena-october-greek-1958/)

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