The News in Pictures poster, No. 1 (English, Beirut)
A fold-out photo sheet of nine captioned news photographs about African and US relations in spring 1964: President Johnson with the King of Burundi, Africa Day at the New York World's Fair, Johnson with foreign students, Sierra Leone and Guinea officials, a Malawi labor minister, Algerian legislators with Eisenhower. The sheet presents official meetings and pavilion openings as news. The tell is card-stacking: only cordial diplomatic and fair events appear, and the captions quote Johnson on every nation's freedom to seek its own destiny.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- July 22, 1964
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series (RSC Beirut)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Johnson Administration
- Leader
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Media and information, Economy and finance
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Posters 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, July 22, 1964. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949186, 306-PPB-262).
Text on the object
THE NEWS IN PICTURES PRESIDENT JOHNSON GREETS KING OF BURUNDI: On his arrival in Washington, May 19, Mwami Mwambutsa IV, of Burundi, was greeted in the White House Rose Garden by President and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson. His Majesty was also an honor guest at the U.S. Department of State where the famous Burundian dancers and drummers gave a demonstration of their arts for Secretary of State Dean Rusk and several hundred officials. AFRICA DAY AT NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR: The African Pavilion was officially opened on May 21 at the New York World's Fair by Mwami Mwambutsa IV of Burundi. Other dignitaries present included African Ambassadors, Congresswoman Frances Bolton, and G. Mennen Williams, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. Entertainment during the ceremonies was provided by African dancers and drummers. Countries participating in the African pavilion are: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville), Ghana, Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville), Kenya, Liberia, Mauretania, Niger, Nigeria, Uganda, Upper Volta, Malagasy Republic, Somali Republic, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanganyika and Togo. PRESIDENT JOHNSON MEETS FOREIGN STUDENTS: More than 800 foreign students of the many thousands studying in the United States were guests of President Johnson at a White House reception during May. In his remarks to the students, the President stated that "every nation on earth must be free to seek its own destiny in its own way." The students attending the reception represented 71 countries. SECRETARY WILLIAMS MEETS WITH DAKAR STUDENTS: Following a press conference in Dakar, Senegal, during his latest visit to Africa, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs G. Mennen Williams, seen at right, talked with students from all parts of Africa who have been attending the journalism seminar of the University of Dakar. A free press, the Secretary told the students, is a bulwark of democracy. AMBASSADOR OF CHAD PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON: H.E. Ambassador Boukar Abdoul of the Republic of Chad presented his credentials to President Johnson on May 25 at the White House. Following the formal ceremony President Johnson and Ambassador Boukar Abdoul discussed questions of mutual interest. The President assured the Ambassador of the United States' continuing interest in the progress and development of the Republic of Chad. SIERRA LEONE PAVILION OPENS AT WORLD'S FAIR: The Sierra Leone pavilion at the New York World's Fair was formally opened May 8 by Gershon B. Collier, Sierra Leone's Ambassador to the United Nations. In his address Ambassador Collier stressed the economic potential of Sierra Leone and the opportunities available there for private foreign investment. GUINEA MINISTER MEETS SECRETARY HARRIMAN: N'Famara Keita, Minister for Economic Cooperation, Republic of Guinea, was welcomed to the U.S. Department of State by W. Averell Harriman, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, during his recent visit to the United States in connection with the opening of his country's pavilion at the New York World's Fair. [Last three captions (Malawi labor minister, Algerian legislators, Gabon officials) not transcribed here to stay under the length limit.] 65-P-1(8)
Printed text reproduced as set, including the repeated country names in the pavilion list. Last three captions omitted for length (see originalText).
