Stop Criminal! (Thai poster distributed in Asia)
A Korean War poster in Thai. A giant hand marked with the United Nations abbreviation holds a spiked club above a Communist soldier in a red-starred cap, labelled as the aggressor, who stands over a bleeding figure labelled Republic of Korea; flag-bearers from many nations, among them a figure in the stars and stripes, run toward the scene. The text says 53 UN members condemned the Communist attack and that it must be stopped. The tell is name-calling ('criminal' or equivalent), with bandwagon in the ring of 53 national flags and fear-appeal in the blood.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1950
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Truman Administration
- Leader
- Harry S. Truman
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- Korean War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, c. 1950-55. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 5730083, 306-PPA-184).
Text on the object
ผู้ร้าย! หยุด! 53 สมาชิกของสหประชาชาติประณามการบุกรุกอย่างป่าเถื่อนของคอมมิวนิสต์ต่อสาธารณรัฐเกาหลี. จะปล่อยให้คอมมิวนิสต์ผู้สร้างสงครามดำเนินการต่อไปไม่ได้! มุ่งสันติภาพกับสหประชาชาติ! สินนิบาตเสรีพันธ์ ๒๔๙๓ [on hand:] สหประชาชาติ [on soldier:] คอมมิวนิสต์ ผู้รุกราน [on victim:] สาธารณรัฐเกาหลี [handwritten, upper left:] Thai [handwritten, lower left:] Korea Poster - Thai Version
Villain (criminal)! Stop! 53 members of the United Nations condemn the savage invasion by the Communists of the Republic of Korea. The war-making Communists cannot be allowed to continue! Aim for peace with the United Nations! [imprint line:] [as printed; reading uncertain] 2493 (Buddhist Era, equal to 1950). [hand:] United Nations [soldier:] Communist invader [victim:] Republic of Korea
The line before the Thai year is read as printed and its meaning is uncertain; the year 2493 is in the Buddhist Era (1950). Pencil notes in English are archival annotations.
