New Lao Cabinet poster, Royal Government (Lao, Vientiane)
A Lao-language poster of portraits: the king at top centre under a royal crown emblem, the prime minister at upper left, a deputy prime minister at upper right, and two rows of ministers and military officers below, each with a caption. The Lao three-headed elephant flag and the red-white-blue-yellow flag stand behind them. The headline reads as the government of His Majesty the King of Laos. The tell is transfer: the king's and the flags' authority is attached to the cabinet.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- April 14, 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
- Theme
- Elections and party politics
- 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 Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, April 14, 1959. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949051, 306-PPB-155).
Text on the object
[imprint at upper left, small script:] ກົມຖະແຫຼງຂ່າວແລະໂຄສະນາການລາວ ຣັຖບານຂອງສົມເດັດພຣະເຈົ້າມະຫາ ຊີວິດແຫ່ງພຣະຣາຊອານາຈັກລາວ [caption under the king:] ພຣະບາດສົມເດັດພຣະເຈົ້າ ສີສະຫວ່າງວົງ, ພຣະເຈົ້າແຜ່ນດິນແຫ່ງພຣະຣາຊອານາຈັກລາວ. [fourteen further portrait captions giving names, ministries and titles, partly illegible at this resolution and not transcribed individually]
[Imprint:] Lao Department of Information and Publicity [approximate]. The Government of His Majesty the King of the Royal Kingdom of Laos. [Under the king:] His Majesty King Sisavang Vong [Savang Vatthana], sovereign of the Royal Kingdom of Laos [name reading uncertain]. [Remaining captions give each man's name and ministry; not translated individually.]
Best-effort reading of Lao script. The king's name in the caption could not be read reliably. The fourteen minister and officer captions are too small and uncertain to transcribe.
