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
- Date
- April 10, 1956
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Posters in Asia, Latin America, Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, 10 April 1956. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949092, 306-PPB-185).
Text on the object
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.
