--- title: Salaysay ti Maysa a Pangulo ti Huk iti Philippine Veterans Legion (Statement of a Former Huk Leader) (Ilocano poster distributed in the Philippines) url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/statement-former-huk-commander-ilocano-philippines-1950-1955/ description: A Philippine Veterans Legion broadside, Ilocano version; two pink typed labels read 'A FORMER HUK COMMANDER SPEAKS / Ilocano Version'. section: Collection --- 1. [Home](https://propagandaarchive.org/) 2. [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) 3. Salaysay ti Maysa a Pangulo ti Huk iti Philippine Veterans Legion [![Salaysay ti Maysa a Pangulo ti Huk iti Philippine Veterans Legion (Statement of a Former Huk Leader), 1950 US poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/statement-former-huk-commander-ilocano-philippines-1950-1955.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/statement-former-huk-commander-ilocano-philippines-1950-1955.jpg) # Salaysay ti Maysa a Pangulo ti Huk iti Philippine Veterans Legion (Statement of a Former Huk Leader) (Ilocano poster distributed in the Philippines) A Philippine Veterans Legion broadside, Ilocano version; two pink typed labels read 'A FORMER HUK COMMANDER SPEAKS / Ilocano Version'. A question-and-answer statement by an unnamed former Huk commander sits beside a ragged figure with a cartridge belt and vignettes of hammer-and-sickle banners, a family torn apart and a church struck by a hammer and sickle. It claims Huk leaders are communists serving Russia, while most Huks are not. The tell is testimonial, with fear-appeal icons tying the movement to Russia and to attacks on family and church. ## Propaganda techniques used in this poster [Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/) ## Text on the object Original (Ilocano) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` Salaysay ti Maysa a PANGULO ti HUK iti Philippine Veterans Legion PHILIPPINE VETERANS LEGION Saludsud: Sawem ti pudno no apay a timmipunca cadagiti 'Huk'? Sungbat: Cayatco a mapasayaat ti casasaad dagiti cailiac. Saludsud: Casatnot panagbibiagmo a cas maysa a 'Huk'? Sungbat: Nagnanaedac iti maysa a calapaw idiay cabanbantayan. Maysa a naliday a panagbiag. Nabaybay-ac ti caayanayatco, ti familiac ken dagiti gagayyemco. Saludsud: Binayadanda ti sueldon a cas 'Huk'? Sungbat: Saan. Pulos a saancam a nabayadan. Saludsud: Sadinot pangalalaanyo iti taraonyo? Sungbat: Dagiti 'Huk' alaenda ti taraonda cadagiti tattao. Saludsud: Apay a simminaca ngarud? Sungbat: Naammuac a cumunista dagiti panguloda. Naammuac nga isu daytoy ti pudno. Saludsud: Cayatmo a sawen a comunista amin dagiti 'Huk'? Sungbat: Saan a casta. Caaduan cadagiti 'Huk' saan a comunista. Dagiti laeng panguloda ti mangilaco itoy Filipinas iti Rusia. Saludsud: Isu dayta ti gapu a simmucoca ken simminaca? Sungbat: Nakigubatac a cas Philippine Scout bayat tay callabes a gubat. Nakigubatac gaput wayawaya ti Filipinas. Cayat tayo ngarud a pa-al-lilaw ita a maited toy ilitayo iti Comunista a Russia? Maysaac a Filipino, saan a pasurot ti Russia. Saludsud: Pagarupem ngarud nga adu met laeng 'Huk' ti macaripi-rip iti daytoy. Sungbat: Datoy ti nacacaldaang ta saanda nga ammo nga al-al-lilawen ida dagiti panguloda a communista. Saludsud: Panggep ti Philippine Veteran's Legion nga imaldit ken ifolleto dagitoy a palawagmo tapno mabasa ti caaduan. Umannugotca iti dagitoy a daytoy? Sungbat: Wen, ta cayatco a maamuan dagiti caciliantayo a Comunista dagiti dadaulo dagiti Huk. Rebbengda a maamuan a ti Comunismo ket cabusor ti simbaantayo, cabusor ti familiatayo, cabusor ti wayawayatayo ken cabusor ti ilitayo. Saantayo nga ipalubos nga al-lilawendatayo dagiti lider a Comunista. [captions] DAGITI LIDER DAGITI HUK COMUNISTADA / TI COMUNISMO MAIBUSOR ITI FAMILIATAYO / MAIBUSOR ITI ILI KEN WAYAWAYA TAYO / KEN MAIBUSOR ITI SIMBAAN [on icons: PKM; IHS] "MAYSAAC A FILIPINO....SAANAC A SINANTATAO TI RUSIA!" Inwaras ti Philippine Veterans Legion a cas maysa a panagservina iti ili. [pink pasted labels, two: ] A FORMER HUK COMMANDER SPEAKS / Ilocano Version ``` English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader) ``` Statement of One Leader of the Huk in the Philippine Veterans Legion PHILIPPINE VETERANS LEGION Question: Tell the truth, why did you join the 'Huk'? Answer: I wanted to improve the condition of my countrymen. Question: What was your life like as a 'Huk'? Answer: I lived on a hilltop in the mountains. A sad life. I left behind my loved ones, my family and my friends. Question: Were you paid a salary as a 'Huk'? Answer: No. We were never paid at all. Question: Where do you get your food? Answer: The 'Huk' take their food from the people. Question: Why then did you leave? Answer: I learned that their leaders are communists. I learned that this is the truth. Question: Do you mean that all the 'Huk' are communists? Answer: Not so. Many of the 'Huk' are not communists. Only their leaders are the ones who sell this Philippines to Russia. Question: Is that the reason you surrendered and left? Answer: I fought as a Philippine Scout in the last war. I fought for the freedom of the Philippines. Do we want, then, to be deceived into giving our country to Communist Russia? I am a Filipino, not a servant of Russia. Question: You suppose, then, that many 'Huk' are caught up in this? Answer: This is the pitiful thing, that they do not know that their communist leaders are deceiving them. Question: The purpose of the Philippine Veterans Legion is to print your statements as posters and pamphlets so that many may read them. Do you agree to this? Answer: Yes, because I want our fellow countrymen to know that the leaders of the Huk are Communists. They must know that Communism is against our religion, against our family, against our freedom and against our country. We shall not allow ourselves to be deceived by the Communist leaders. [captions] The leaders of the Huk are Communists / Communism is against our family / Against our country and our freedom / And against our religion [on icons: PKM; IHS] "I AM A FILIPINO....I AM NOT A SERVANT OF RUSSIA!" Distributed by the Philippine Veterans Legion as a service to the nation. [pink pasted labels, two: ] A FORMER HUK COMMANDER SPEAKS / Ilocano Version ``` Pink labels pasted over parts of the sheet are part of the archive item and are transcribed; one covers the first word of the lower slogan, read here as 'MAYSAAC A FILIPINO....SAANAC A SINANTATAO TI RUSIA' from the visible letters. A few words are hard to read at scan resolution. [← Panugiron Sang Isa Anay Ka Kumander Sang Mga Huk sa Philippine Veterans Legion (Account of a Former Huk Commander) (Hiligaynon poster distributed in the Philippines)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/statement-former-huk-commander-hiligaynon-philippines-1950-1955/) [Pahayag ng Isang Naging Kumander ng Huk sa Philippine Veterans Legion (Statement of a Former Huk Commander) (Tagalog poster distributed in the Philippines) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/statement-former-huk-commander-tagalog-philippines-1950-1955/) ## More propaganda examples that use the same techniques - [Behistun (Bisotun) rock relief and trilingual inscription of Darius I: the king, two attendants and the bound rebel leaders beneath the winged figure of Ahuramazda](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/behistun-relief-darius-and-rebels-521bce/) (Achaemenid Empire · 0000 · Card stacking, Name-calling, Testimonial). 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