--- title: The People Protest Against the Viet Cong url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/people-protest-against-viet-cong-1966/ description: A poster (code SP-1040) says that on the morning of 20 February 1966 the Viet Cong killed Father Louis Valour as he went to Mass at Cam Hoa. section: Collection --- 1. [Home](https://propagandaarchive.org/) 2. [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) 3. The People Protest Against the Viet Cong **Content note:** Photographs show a funeral procession and open coffins of a priest and two boys killed in February 1966, and a crowd of protesters with raised fists, as issued. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was) [![The People Protest Against the Viet Cong, 1966 US poster: A poster (code SP-1040) says that on the morning of 20 February](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/people-protest-against-viet-cong-1966.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/people-protest-against-viet-cong-1966.jpg) # The People Protest Against the Viet Cong A poster (code SP-1040) says that on the morning of 20 February 1966 the Viet Cong killed Father Louis Valour as he went to Mass at Cam Hoa, along with two parishioners. Photographs show a rain-cloaked crowd with a banner asking who killed the clergy, a funeral procession and a Quang Tri province chief reading a eulogy at the coffins. A named killing is joined to mass protest imagery, so the sheet works as outrage-bait and as a show of public consensus. ## Propaganda techniques used in this poster [Outrage bait](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/outrage-bait/) [Manufactured consensus](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/manufactured-consensus/) ## Text on the object Original (Vietnamese) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` DÂN CHÚNG PHẢN ĐỐI VIỆT CỘNG SÁNG NGÀY 20—2—1966, VIỆT CỘNG ĐÃ GIỰT MÌNH SÁT HẠI LINH MỤC LOUIS VALOUR KHI ÔNG ĐANG ĐI HÀNH LỄ TẠI CAM HÒA; CÙNG ĐI VỚI LINH MỤC CÓ HAI GIÁO DÂN, TẤT CẢ ĐỀU TỬ NẠN. SP-1040 ĐỒNG BÀO QUẬN CAM LỘ VÔ CÙNG PHẪN UẤT TRƯỚC HÀNH ĐỘNG VIỆT CỘNG SÁT HẠI CÁC VỊ TU HÀNH. ĐÁM TANG LINH MỤC VÀ HAI GIÁO DÂN NGUYỄN VĂN THIỆN 12 TUỔI VÀ NGUYỄN CẬN 11 TUỔI ĐƯỢC CỬ HÀNH TRỌNG THỂ TRƯỚC SỰ LUYẾN TIẾC CỦA CÁC GIỚI ĐỒNG BÀO. ÔNG TỈNH TRƯỞNG QUẢNG TRỊ ĐỌC ĐIẾU VĂN CHIA BUỒN CÙNG GIÁO DÂN ĐÔNG HÀ VÀ LÊN ÁN VIỆT CỘNG. [banner in photograph, partly legible:] AI SÁT HẠI CÁC BÁC TU HÀNH ? VIỆT CỘNG ``` English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader) ``` THE PEOPLE PROTEST AGAINST THE VIET CONG On the morning of 20-2-1966, the Viet Cong stealthily murdered Father Louis Valour as he was going to Mass at Cam Hoa; with the priest were two parishioners, all of whom died. SP-1040 The compatriots of Cam Lo district are extremely indignant at the Viet Cong action of murdering the clergy. The funeral of the priest and the two parishioners, Nguyen Van Thien aged 12 and Nguyen Can aged 11, was held solemnly amid the grief of all circles of compatriots. The Quang Tri Province Chief reads a eulogy of condolence to the Dong Ha parishioners and condemns the Viet Cong. [banner in photograph, partly legible:] WHO MURDERED THE HOLY ONES? VIET CONG ``` [← The People of Duc Hoa Condemn Viet Cong Crimes](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/people-of-duc-hoa-condemn-viet-cong-crimes-1966/) [Phước-Tuy: Hình ảnh công-tác cán-bộ xây-dựng nông-thôn, số 1 (Phuoc Tuy: Pictures of Revolutionary Development Cadres' Activities, No. 1) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/phuoc-tuy-revolutionary-development-cadres-1965-1969/) ## More propaganda examples that use the same techniques - [German Christmas in Jugoslavia](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-german-christmas-in-jugoslavia-1939/) (United Kingdom · 1939 · Outrage bait). Content note: Shows a photographic montage of five men hanged from a gallows frame, captioned 'German Christmas in Jugoslavia', as printed. - [Воин Красной Армии, спаси! \[Red Army warrior, save!\]](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/soviet-warrior-of-the-red-army-save-koretsky-1942/) (Soviet Union · 1942 · Fear appeal, Outrage bait) - [Japs Execute Doolittle Men. We'll Pay You Back Tojo](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/japs-execute-doolittle-men-payroll-savings-1943/) (United States · 1943 · Name-calling, Outrage bait). Content note: Ethnic slur in headline; grimacing caricature of Tojo with exaggerated teeth struck by a fist. - [This Isn't War... It's Murder (U.S. Army Official Poster)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/this-isnt-war-its-murder-army-1943/) (United States · 1943 · Outrage bait, Name-calling). Content note: Ethnic slur in a pasted headline; Japanese soldiers drawn with distorted faces bayoneting a wounded figure. - [A Viet Cong Terrorist Has Been Captured](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/vc-terrorist-captured-1965-1969/) (United States · 1965 · Fear appeal, Name-calling, Outrage bait). Content note: The sheet shows a photograph of a captured man's face and a photograph of the bodies of dead and injured children, as issued. - [Persepolis, Apadana staircase relief: a figure with an animal from a procession of delegations, early fifth century BCE](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/persepolis-apadana-delegate-relief-500bce/) (Achaemenid Empire · 0000 · Card stacking, Manufactured consensus) - [These New Yorkers Volunteered Last Week. Is Your Name on This List?](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/these-new-yorkers-volunteered-last-week-1917/) (United States · 1917 · Bandwagon, Manufactured consensus) - ["100% unserer Belegschaft sind gegen Remilitarisierung": factory gate boards, Werk Fortschritt II, Berlin](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/gdr-100-percent-workforce-board-fortschritt-berlin-1950/) (East Germany · Dec 22, 1950 · Manufactured consensus, Glittering generalities)