Republic of Vietnam: Special Issue on the National Day (Consulate General in Hong Kong, 1968), typescript page 3 on military, economic and social 'success'
A typewritten page, numbered 3, lists in successive paragraphs military defections, international opinion, economic stabilisation and refugee assistance, each stated as a success of 'our Government', with the 700,000 refugees attributed to two Viet Cong offensives. The tell: results are chosen and ordered so that every item reads as progress, and each cause named is the opponent's.
- Date
- 1968
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Consulate General of the Republic of Vietnam in Hong Kong
- Region
- Southeast Asia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Medium
- Document
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Thieu Government
- Leader
- Nguyen van Thieu
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Event
- Vietnam War
- Techniques
- Card stacking
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (scan of a Consulate General special issue), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (Commons tag PD-South VietnamGov: Republic of Vietnam government work)
Consulate General of the Republic of Vietnam in Hong Kong, via Wikimedia Commons.
Text on the object
shellings are increasingly turning against the Communists and joining the Anti-Communist Works. The figure of the North Viet Namese surrendering is also increasing. On the other hand, international opinion is turning against the Communists due to the continuous attack and infiltration into South Vietnam after US Partial Bombing Halt and the opening of the Paris Talks. Economically, we have succeeded in stabilizing the market, regularizing the supply systems throughout the country, setting up security stocks of rice and stopping the inflation. Socially, the two offensives of Viet Cong have made over 700,000 refugees. Our Government assisted them to rebuild themselves. We also received international social and humanitarian assistance from some 24 countries and four international entities, totalling an estimated sum of US $6,260,720 in March. Hong K[illegible]ng itself had -3-
Typewritten page; line-end hyphenation is rejoined. 'Vietnam' is typed with a raised 'm' in 'Vietnam' on the sixth line, and one letter in 'Hong Kong' is overstruck, marked [illegible].
