Manila Host to SEATO poster No. 6: 1954 and 1958 (English, Manila)
Large '1954' and '1958' numerals frame the headline 'MANILA - HOST TO SEATO' over captioned photographs: the Philippine Legislative Building with flags of eight nations, Carlos P. Garcia signing the Manila Pact, Ramon Magsaysay with John Foster Dulles, delegates at the Rizal Monument, SEATO meetings and Philippine troops boarding a ship. The tell is card-stacking: treaty ceremony, cultural round tables and military exercise are shown together, with 'free world' used for member nations.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- March 5, 1958
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Dept. IIE 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
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Posters Distributed in 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, March 5, 1958. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949046, 306-PPB-151d).
Text on the object
1954 IN 1954, Manila was the birthplace of the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, otherwise known as The Manila Pact. This year, Manila again hosts SEATO as the Military Advisers convene their Eighth Meeting and the Foreign Ministers of the 8 member nations meet for the all-important 4th session. Flags of eight member nations wave in front of the Philippine Legislative Building where conference sessions were held at opening ceremonies of the Manila Pact meeting. Surrounded by members of the Philippine panel, President Carlos P. Garcia (then Vice-President and Secretary of Foreign Affairs) affixes his signature to the historic Manila Pact documents on Sept. 8, 1954. The Treaty came into force Feb. 19, 1955. President Ramon Magsaysay with U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles at the 1954 SEATO meeting. In addition to signing the Manila Pact, the eight member nations drew up a declaration known as the Pacific Charter, inspired by the Philippines. MANILA - HOST TO SEATO 1958 Dr. Bernabe Africa (left) participates in SEATO sponsored round table on "Traditional Cultures and Technological Progress in Southeast Asia" in Bangkok. Chief delegates from eight free world countries assemble in Manila in 1954 to formulate a collective security arrangement for Southeast Asia. Philippine troops prepare to board the U.S.S. Salisbury Sound for transport to Bangkok, staging area of "Operation Firm Link" military exercise. Dr. Rafaelita H. Soriano presides over 5th session of SEATO Committee on Information, Cultural, Educational and Labor Activities in 1957 at Bangkok. The chief representatives to the Manila Conference of 1954 leave the Rizal Monument after paying tribute to the great Filipino national hero. SUPPLEMENT TO Free World VOLUME VII Nº4 APRIL 1958
Name plates inside photographs (Dr. B. AFRICA, Sir GEORGE ALLEN, Phya ANUMAN RAJADHON) are read as best visible; supplement line digits are small and uncertain.
