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title: Military Aid poster, equipment handover (Khmer, Phnom Penh)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/military-aid-poster-equipment-handover-khmer-phnom-penh-1956/
description: 'A Khmer-language photo sheet on a ceremony handing over U.S. military equipment to the Cambodian army: helmeted troops on parade.'
section: Collection
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[![Military Aid poster, equipment handover, 1956 US poster: A Khmer-language photo sheet on a ceremony handing over U.S.](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/military-aid-poster-equipment-handover-khmer-phnom-penh-1956.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/military-aid-poster-equipment-handover-khmer-phnom-penh-1956.jpg)

# Military Aid poster, equipment handover (Khmer, Phnom Penh)

A Khmer-language photo sheet on a ceremony handing over U.S. military equipment to the Cambodian army: helmeted troops on parade, officers and civilians at a podium, an American general reading at a microphone, then rows of armoured cars, jeeps and trucks. Boxed captions with arrows name the speakers and say the equipment was given by the United States to the army of Cambodia. The tell is transfer: the formal ceremony and the massed vehicles attach official standing to the aid.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
ពិធីប្រគល់គ្រឿងសម្ភារៈចំពោះកងខេមរភូមិន្ទ

[left box, partly legible:] ការវាក់កិច្ចនៃកងខេមរភូមិន្ទ ចំពោះអ្នកអង្គម្ចាស់វរៈសេនីយ៍ឯក [name illegible] រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងការពារប្រទេសក្នុងពិធីប្រគល់គ្រឿងនេះ

[middle box, partly legible:] អ្នកអង្គម្ចាស់វរសេនីយ៍ឯក [name illegible] រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងការពារប្រទេស ទទួលថ្លែងសន្ទរកថាចូលជំនួយគ្រឿងសម្ភារៈពីសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក

[right box, partly legible:] លោកឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ [name illegible] តំណាងសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក ថ្លែងសន្ទរកថាប្រគល់គ្រឿងសម្ភារៈ ដល់កងខេមរភូមិន្ទ ។

[lower left box:] គ្រឿងសម្ភារៈទាំងនេះដែលសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក បានផ្តល់ជំនួយចំពោះកងទ័ពនៃប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ។

ផ្សាយចេញពីការិយាល័យ ទី ៥ នៃអគ្គសេនាធិការយោធពលខេមរភូមិន្ទ
```

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

```
Ceremony of handing over equipment to the Khmer Royal Army. [Left box:] The review of the Khmer army before the (prince/senior general), Minister of National Defence, at this equipment handover [partly uncertain]. [Middle box:] The Minister of National Defence [accepting/giving a speech on] the equipment aid from the United States of America [partly uncertain]. [Right box:] The Lieutenant General representing the United States of America speaking as he hands the equipment to the Khmer army. [Lower left box:] All this equipment which the United States of America has given as aid to the army of the Kingdom of Cambodia. [Foot line:] Issued from Office No. 5 of the General Staff of the Khmer Royal Army.
```

Best-effort reading of Khmer script; names in the caption boxes and some words are uncertain or illegible at this resolution.

[← Victories of our armed forces photo poster (Khmer poster distributed in Phnom Penh)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/cambodian-army-victories-photo-poster-phnom-penh-1956/) [SEATO poster 185, strength and purposes (English poster distributed in Manila) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/seato-poster-185-strength-purposes-english-manila-1956/)

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