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title: SEATO poster No. 1, flag ring (Urdu, Karachi)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/seato-poster-1-flag-ring-urdu-karachi-1957/
description: 'An Urdu-language SEATO poster with the same design as the English flag-ring sheet: eight member-state flags and olive sprigs around a circle of clasped'
section: Collection
---

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[![SEATO poster No. 1, flag ring, 1957 US poster: An Urdu-language SEATO poster with the same design as the English flag-ring](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/seato-poster-1-flag-ring-urdu-karachi-1957.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/seato-poster-1-flag-ring-urdu-karachi-1957.jpg)

# SEATO poster No. 1, flag ring (Urdu, Karachi)

An Urdu-language SEATO poster with the same design as the English flag-ring sheet: eight member-state flags and olive sprigs around a circle of clasped hands. The slogan reads 'Collective security, the path of peace'. The tell is glittering generalities and transfer: peace and joined hands are attached to a security alliance, and the flags of Pakistan and the other members stand for shared membership.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
میثاق جنوب مشرقی ایشیا

اجتماعی تحفظ — امن کا راستہ

ادارۂ میثاقِ جنوب مشرقی ایشیا
```

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

```
Southeast Asia Treaty (Pact)

Collective security -- the path of peace

Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
```

[← Free World Pictorial poster, Vol. 1 No. 4 (Chinese poster distributed in Taipei)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/free-world-pictorial-vol1-no4-chinese-taipei-1957/) [SEATO poster No. 2, headquarters map (Urdu, Karachi) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/seato-poster-2-headquarters-map-urdu-karachi-1957/)

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