SEATO poster No. 2, headquarters map (Urdu, Karachi)
An Urdu-language SEATO poster in blue and red. A photograph of the organisation's Bangkok headquarters sits at the centre, with lines running to outline maps of the eight member states. The slogan calls for joint action for peaceful progress. The tell is glittering generalities and bandwagon: 'peaceful progress' is the stated aim, and the radiating member maps present the alliance as a broad, shared undertaking.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- October 17, 1957
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Dept. IIE program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series; sheet credited to SEATO
- 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, October 17, 1957. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949086, 306-PPB-179).
Text on the object
میثاق جنوب مشرقی ایشیا نیوزی لینڈ پاکستان فلپائن تھائی لینڈ برطانیہ ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکہ آسٹریلیا فرانس بنکاک میں میثاقِ جنوب مشرقی ایشیا کا صدر دفتر پُرامن ترقی کیلئے ... اشتراکِ عمل ادارۂ میثاقِ جنوب مشرقی ایشیا
Southeast Asia Treaty (Pact) New Zealand Pakistan Philippines Thailand Britain United States of America Australia France Headquarters of the Southeast Asia Treaty in Bangkok For peaceful progress ... joint action (cooperation) Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
