Lao poster No. 2, soldiers on map with flag (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)

A map of Laos in green carries a dozen helmeted soldiers with rifles and a red flag showing the three-headed white elephant under a parasol. Three lines of Lao text read as a call to be watchful to protect freedom, ranking devotion to the Buddha first and love of country second. The tell is transfer: religious devotion and the national flag are attached to the soldiers' defence of the country.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Glittering generalitiesTransfer

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

Mobilize or secure compliance

Themes

War and the military, Religion

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 6949060, 306-PPB-160b).

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ເຮົາບູຊາພຣະພຸທະເຈົ້າເປັນອັນດັບທີ່ໜຶ່ງ ເຮົາຮັກ
ປະເທດຊາດຂອງເຮົາເປັນອັນດັບທີ່ສອງ.

Be watchful and careful ... to preserve freedom. We worship the Lord Buddha as first; we love our country as second. (approximate)