Security poster 186, army secrets (Lao poster distributed in Vientiane)
A Lao-language security poster showing a man in a yellow uniform and red cap pressing a finger to his lips, above a four-line instruction on military secrecy. The tell is transfer: the authority of the uniform and the hushing gesture are attached to the instruction not to discuss army matters loudly or at length.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- April 29, 1958
- 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
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- 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, 29 April 1958. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949093, 306-PPB-186).
Text on the object
ສິ່ງທີ່ກ່ຽວກັບກອງທັບ ເປັນ ການລັບບໍ່ຫຼາຍກໍ່ນ້ອຍ, ບໍ່ຄວນປາກຫຼາຍ ຫຼື ສົນ ທະນາກັນອົນດັງດັງ ⁄
Matters concerning the army are secret, more or less. One should not talk much, or discuss them loudly.
Final mark after the last line is an unclear printed ornament.
