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title: Ngo Dinh Diem of Viet-Nam (Presidency press office booklet, Saigon 1957), cover
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ngo-dinh-diem-of-viet-nam-bamboo-cover-1957/
description: A buff booklet cover prints the leader's name in large capitals above a green woodcut-style panel of bamboo, over a yellow band with three red stripes.
section: Collection
---

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# Ngo Dinh Diem of Viet-Nam (Presidency press office booklet, Saigon 1957), cover

A buff booklet cover prints the leader's name in large capitals above a green woodcut-style panel of bamboo, over a yellow band with three red stripes. The tell: bamboo, a long-standing emblem of Vietnamese resilience, and the national flag's yellow and red are placed beside the name in place of a portrait, so the symbols' prestige is attached to the person.

## Text on the object

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

```
NGO DINH DIEM
OF
VIET - NAM

SAIGON - 1957
```

The library label at lower left and the 'Digitized by Google' watermark are omitted.

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