Lao poster No. 1, monks before a Buddha image (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)
A drawn Buddha image sits above a row of kneeling, saffron-robed monks seen from behind, with three lines of Lao text across the lower third. The text speaks of religion and of a goal that can be reached. The tell is transfer and glittering generalities: reverence for the Buddha and the monkhood is attached to an unnamed political message about government.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- June 17, 1959
- 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
- Religion, Security and surveillance
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, June 17, 1959. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949059, 306-PPB-160a).
Text on the object
ສາສນາສົ່ງເສີມແສງສະຫວ່າງເຮັດໃຫ້ເກີດຄວາມແຮງ ກ້າໃນຄ່າມຈັດໃຈແລະຄວາມສົມຕິສຸກເຫລວທີ່ ຈະພົບຣະນາໄດ້.
Religion promotes light and makes strength arise ... [middle line unclear] ... can be found. (approximate)
White lettering runs over red robes and parts of the second line are uncertain; translation is approximate.
