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title: SEATO poster 185, strength and purposes (English poster distributed in Manila)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/seato-poster-185-strength-purposes-english-manila-1956/
description: An English-language SEATO fact-sheet poster, a supplement to the periodical Free World (May 1956). Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
---

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# SEATO poster 185, strength and purposes (English poster distributed in Manila)

An English-language SEATO fact-sheet poster, a supplement to the periodical Free World (May 1956). A world map marks eight member states; panels give what the treaty is, its purposes and its strength, including shares of world oil, coal, iron ore, steel and trade. The tell is card-stacking: only totals favourable to the alliance appear, while the UN flag and a family group are attached to the 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 (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
SEATO
SOUTHEAST ASIA TREATY ORGANIZATION
SUPPLEMENT TO Free World VOLUME V - No 5 MAY - 1956

THESE NATIONS ...
... have 1/7 of the world's peoples
and
1/8 of the world's surface
... have armed forces which total over 6,000,000 men

Its Strength:
THEY CONTROL ...
62% OF WORLD'S PETROLEUM PRODUCTION
60% OF WORLD'S COAL PRODUCTION
55% OF WORLD'S IRON ORE DEPOSITS
50% OF WORLD'S STEEL PRODUCTION
40% OF WORLD'S TRADE VOLUME
A SIGNIFICANT AND GROWING PART OF THESE RESOURCES IS LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

What it is ...
IT IS A TREATY SIGNED BY AUSTRALIA GREAT BRITAIN FRANCE PAKISTAN PHILIPPINES THAILAND UNITED STATES NEW ZEALAND
... And Was Signed In MANILA PHILIPPINES
September 8 1954

Its Purposes:
TO STRENGTHEN THE FABRIC OF PEACE AND TO UPHOLD THE PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY
TO PROVIDE MUTUAL DEFENSE AGAINST ARMED ATTACK AND AGAINST INTERNAL SUBVERSION
TO PROMOTE THE WELL BEING OF THE PEOPLES OF SOUTH ASIA

Great Britain France Pakistan Thailand Philippines United States Australia New Zealand
```

Map labels are listed last. 'SOUTH ASIA' is as printed in the third purpose.

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