--- title: A New Life at the Binh Long Chieu Hoi Center url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/new-life-binh-long-chieu-hoi-center-1966/ description: A photo-story poster (code SP-1406) says that 270 ralliers were received at the Binh Long Chieu Hoi center between January 1965 and August 1966 and that section: Collection --- 1. [Home](https://propagandaarchive.org/) 2. [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) 3. A New Life at the Binh Long Chieu Hoi Center [![A New Life at the Binh Long Chieu Hoi Center, 1966 US poster: A photo-story poster (code SP-1406) says that 270 ralliers were](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/new-life-binh-long-chieu-hoi-center-1966.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/new-life-binh-long-chieu-hoi-center-1966.jpg) # A New Life at the Binh Long Chieu Hoi Center A photo-story poster (code SP-1406) says that 270 ralliers were received at the Binh Long Chieu Hoi center between January 1965 and August 1966 and that they no longer live in fear or fight for 'a mistaken policy'. Photographs show a rallier writing to his mother, men playing guitar, eating and playing volleyball. The sheet offers only the favourable side of reception: leisure, meals and family reunion. ## Propaganda techniques used in this poster [Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) ## Text on the object Original (Vietnamese) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` ĐỜI SỐNG MỚI TẠI TRUNG TÂM CHIÊU HỒI BÌNH LONG TỪ THÁNG GIÊNG 1965 ĐẾN THÁNG TÁM 1966, TRUNG TÂM CHIÊU HỒI BÌNH LONG ĐÃ TIẾP NHẬN 270 HỒI CHÁNH VIÊN. NHỮNG NGƯỜI NÀY (trước là Việt Cộng) NAY KHÔNG CÒN SỐNG TRONG SỢ HÃI, KHÔNG CÒN BỊ BUỘC PHẢI CHIẾN ĐẤU, PHỤC VỤ CHO MỘT CHÁNH SÁCH LẦM LẠC. NHIỀU NGƯỜI TRONG SỐ HỒI CHÁNH VIÊN ĐÃ TRỞ VỀ SUM HỌP VỚI GIA ĐÌNH. Anh Hoàng Văn Chương, một Hồi Chánh Viên đang viết thư về thăm gia đình. Anh đã viết cho mẹ như sau: " Mẹ ạ, chưa bao giờ con thấy lòng thanh thản và tự do bằng lúc này..." Một nhóm Hồi Chánh Viên giải trí bằng ca nhạc. Các anh em Hồi Chánh Viên đang chơi vũ cầu. Bữa cơm vui vẻ ngon lành tại Trung Tâm Chiêu Hồi sau những giờ hoạt động. SP-1406 ``` English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader) ``` NEW LIFE AT THE BINH LONG CHIEU HOI CENTER From January 1965 to August 1966 the Binh Long Chieu Hoi Center received 270 ralliers. These people (formerly Viet Cong) no longer live in fear and are no longer forced to fight, serving a mistaken policy. Many of the ralliers have returned to be reunited with their families. Mr. Hoang Van Chuong, a rallier, writing a letter home to his family. He wrote to his mother as follows: "Mother, never have I felt my heart so peaceful and free as now..." A group of ralliers entertaining themselves with music. The rallier brothers playing badminton [vu cau; the photograph shows a volleyball-style net game]. A merry, tasty meal at the Chieu Hoi Center after the hours of activity. SP-1406 ``` [← New Crops Bring New Prosperity](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/new-crops-new-prosperity-an-giang-1966/) [New Life Hamlet Projects Under the Self-Help Program →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/new-life-hamlet-projects-self-help-1966/) ## More propaganda examples that use the same techniques - [Behistun (Bisotun) rock relief and trilingual inscription of Darius I: the king, two attendants and the bound rebel leaders beneath the winged figure of Ahuramazda](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/behistun-relief-darius-and-rebels-521bce/) (Achaemenid Empire · 0000 · Card stacking, Name-calling, Testimonial). Content note: Shows bound captives before the king, and the inscription records the mutilation and public execution of rebel leaders, as the king's own account. - [Tomb of Darius I at Naqsh-e Rustam: the king in relief beside his inscription DNa, c. 490 BCE](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dna-inscription-darius-i-naqsh-e-rustam-490bce/) (Achaemenid Empire · 0000 · Testimonial, Card stacking) - [Seated limestone statue of Hatshepsut as king, with feminine royal titles on the throne, reassembled from fragments broken up at Deir el-Bahri](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hatshepsut-seated-statue-limestone-met-1458bce/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Transfer, Testimonial) - [Bronze sestertius of Gaius (Caligula), reverse S P Q R P P OB CIVES SERVATOS in an oak wreath](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sestertius-caligula-ob-cives-servatos-0037/) (Roman Empire · 0037 · Testimonial, Transfer) - [Bronze sestertius of Trajan, reverse S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C, the emperor on horseback riding down an enemy](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sestertius-trajan-optimo-principi-0103/) (Roman Empire · 0103 · Testimonial, Glittering generalities) - [Seljuq gold dinar of Sanjar, dated 493 AH, with the Abbasid caliph named on one face](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/seljuq-gold-dinar-sanjar-caliph-name-1099/) (Great Seljuk Empire · 1099 · Testimonial) - [Estoire d'Eracles page with Bernard of Clairvaux preaching the Second Crusade in the initial (Walters W.137, fol. 180v)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/eracles-bernard-preaching-second-crusade-w137-1275/) (France · 1275 · Testimonial) - [Opening page of the Estoire d'Eracles (William of Tyre in French), with the Crucifixion and Pope Urban II preaching the First Crusade in the initial (Walters W.137, fol. 1r)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/eracles-urban-ii-preaching-first-crusade-w137-1275/) (France · 1275 · Testimonial, Transfer)