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Pangalagaan ang Inyong Pagsasarili (Safeguard Your Independence), 1952 US poster: A charcoal-style portrait of a young man

Pangalagaan ang Inyong Pagsasarili (Safeguard Your Independence) (Tagalog poster distributed in the Philippines)

A charcoal-style portrait of a young man in a dark suit stands in front of a large Philippine flag with fringe, above a red Tagalog headline calling on viewers to safeguard their independence. The tell is transfer: the standing of a national portrait and the flag is attached to an appeal that names no threat and no action.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

TransferGlittering generalities
Date
June 12, 1952
Period
Cold War
Made by
U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia series
Region
North America
Country
United States
Medium
Poster
Issuer type
State
Regime
Truman Administration
Leader
Harry S. Truman
Audience
Foreign public
Purpose
Persuade or win support
Themes
Empire and colonialism, Elections and party politics
Event
Cold War
Source
Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
Source
U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia (NAID 1767935), retrieved October 3, 2026
Rights
Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, 12 June 1952. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 5730051, 306-PPA-150).

Text on the object

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

PANGALAGAAN ANG Inyong PAGSASARILI

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

Safeguard your independence

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