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title: SEATO poster 184, fact sheet (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/seato-poster-184-fact-sheet-lao-vientiane-1956/
description: 'A Lao-language SEATO fact-sheet poster: a world map with eight member states marked, panels on what the treaty is, its purposes and its strength.'
section: Collection
---

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# SEATO poster 184, fact sheet (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)

A Lao-language SEATO fact-sheet poster: a world map with eight member states marked, panels on what the treaty is, its purposes and its strength, and a table of shares of world production. The tell is card-stacking: only the combined population, forces and resource totals favourable to the alliance appear, with the UN flag and a family image attached to the stated aims.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
SEATO
ອົງການສົນທິສັນຍາເອເຊຍຕະວັນອອກສຽງໃຕ້
ຊີອາໂຕ

ຊາດເຫຼົ່ານີ້ຮວມກັນ...
...ມີປະຊາກອນ ໑ ໃນ ໗ ຂອງໂລກ
ແລະ
ມີພື້ນທີ່ ໑ ໃນ ໘ ຂອງໂລກ
...ມີກຳລັງທະຫານທັງໝົດກວ່າ ໖.໐໐໐.໐໐໐ ຄົນ

ກຳລັງຂອງຊີອາໂຕ:
ຊີອາໂຕຄວບຄຸມ
໖໒ ໃນ ໑໐໐ (໖໒%) [illegible] ນ້ຳມັນ
໖໐ ໃນ ໑໐໐ (໖໐%) [illegible] ຖ່ານຫີນ
໕໕ ໃນ ໑໐໐ (໕໕%) [illegible] ແຮ່ເຫຼັກ
໕໐ ໃນ ໑໐໐ (໕໐%) [illegible] ເຫຼັກ
໔໐ ໃນ ໑໐໐ (໔໐%) [illegible] ການຄ້າ ຂອງໂລກ
ສ່ວນສຳຄັນ ຂອງຊັບຍາກອນເຫຼົ່ານີ້ ຢູ່ເອເຊຍຕະວັນອອກສຽງໃຕ້

ຊີອາໂຕແມ່ນຫຍັງ...
ຊີອາໂຕຄືສົນທິສັນຍາ ທີ່ປະເທດຕໍ່ໄປນີ້ ລົງນາມ
ອອສເຕຣເລັຍ ອັງກິດ ຝຣັ່ງເສດ ຟິລິບປິນ ໄທ ສະຫະລັດອະເມຣິກາ ນິວຊີແລນ ປາກີສຕານ
...ແລະລົງນາມທີ່ ມະນີລາ ປະເທດຟິລິບປິນ [illegible] ໑໙໕໔

ຄວາມມຸ່ງໝາຍຊີອາໂຕ:
[illegible]
```

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

```
SEATO - Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. These nations together ... have 1/7 of the world's people and 1/8 of the world's surface ... have armed forces totalling over 6,000,000 men. SEATO's strength: SEATO members control 62 in 100 (62%) of [world petroleum production], 60% of [coal], 55% of [iron ore], 50% of [steel], 40% of [world trade]. A significant part of these resources is in Southeast Asia. What SEATO is: a treaty signed by Australia, Britain, France, the Philippines, Thailand, the United States, New Zealand and Pakistan, signed at Manila, Philippines, [month] 1954. SEATO's purposes: [three panels, not legible in the scan; the parallel English sheet gives strengthening peace and democracy, mutual defence, and the well-being of the peoples of South Asia].
```

Lao text read from the scan; map labels and the three purpose panels are not fully legible and are marked [illegible]. The translation is literal where legible and bracketed where it follows the parallel English sheet.

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