Đồng-bào miền Nam Việt-Nam giải-quyết những vấn-đề của miền Nam (South Vietnamese Solve the Problems of the South), Chieu Hoi leaflet ATF-065-70

Two-sided leaflet in yellow and red. One side shows the South Vietnamese flag, a yellow map of the country and three Chieu Hoi emblems over a slogan that South Vietnamese compatriots solve the South's problems. The other has the emblem and text saying 'we are building a Free South' and that the government is on the road to victory. The tell: the national flag and map carry the appeal, and 'free', 'victory' and 'our homeland' stand in for any listed terms.

Date: December 1970
Period: Cold War
Made by: 1st Psychological Operations Unit, 1st Australian Task Force (Nui Dat), for the South Vietnamese Chieu Hoi programme
Region: Oceania
Country: Australia
Medium: Leaflet
Issuer type: Military
Regime: Gorton Government
Leader: John Gorton
Audience: Enemy forces
Purpose: Mobilize or secure compliance
Theme: War and the military
Event: Vietnam War
Techniques: Glittering generalities Transfer
Source: Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
Source: Australian War Memorial (Official Records, 1st Psychological Operations Unit leaflets), retrieved October 2, 2026
Rights: Public domain per holder (AWM: 'Copyright expired. Permission for reproduction not required'; issued 1970)
1st Psychological Operations Unit, 1st Australian Task Force, 1970; Australian War Memorial RC02900 (ATF-065-70).

Text on the object

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

[Side 1]
[South Vietnamese flag, yellow map of Vietnam, three Chieu Hoi emblems]
ĐỒNG-BÀO MIỀN NAM VIỆT-NAM
GIẢI-QUYẾT NHỮNG VẤN-ĐỀ
CỦA MIỀN NAM
ATF-065-70

[Side 2]
[Chieu Hoi emblem]
Chúng tôi đang xây-dựng một Miền Nam Tự-Do. Chính-Phủ Việt-Nam Cộng-Hòa đang trên đà thắng-lợi. Chúng tôi sẽ đạt được nhiều thắng-lợi hơn nữa với sự góp sức của các bạn. Chính-Phủ Việt-Nam Cộng-Hòa thành-thật nhận rằng mình có bổn phận phải giải-quyết những vấn-đề của miền Nam.
CHIÊU-HỒI ĐỂ GIÚP XÂY-DỰNG
QUÊ-HƯƠNG CỦA CHÚNG TA.
CHIÊU-HỒI
ATF-065-70

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

[Side 1]
[South Vietnamese flag, yellow map of Vietnam, three Chieu Hoi emblems]
SOUTH VIETNAMESE COMPATRIOTS
SOLVE THE PROBLEMS
OF THE SOUTH
ATF-065-70

[Side 2]
[Chieu Hoi emblem]
We are building a Free South. The Government of the Republic of Vietnam is on the road to victory. We will achieve many more victories with your contribution. The Government of the Republic of Vietnam sincerely acknowledges that it has a duty to solve the problems of the South.
RALLY TO HELP BUILD
OUR HOMELAND.
CHIEU-HOI
ATF-065-70

Both sides read from the AWM scans. The AWM identification strips ('AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL' and the accession number) at the foot of each scan are part of the scan and are omitted. The hosted image places the two sides of the leaflet one above the other (or side by side), joined by FRAME from AWM's two scans of the same object. Translation is FRAME's own literal rendering, machine-assisted and not verified by a fluent reader; AWM's English translation was consulted.