---
title: 他們總是說「不！」 (They Always Say "No!")
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/tamen-zongshi-shuo-bu-soviet-no-poster-1952/
description: A Chinese-language U.S. photo poster. A portrait of Soviet deputy foreign minister Gromyko sits between two huge brush-stroke characters for 'No' under…
section: Collection
---

[Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/)

[![他們總是說「不！」 (They Always Say "No!")](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/tamen-zongshi-shuo-bu-soviet-no-poster-1952.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/tamen-zongshi-shuo-bu-soviet-no-poster-1952.jpg)

# 他們總是說「不！」 (They Always Say "No!")

A Chinese-language U.S. photo poster. A portrait of Soviet deputy foreign minister Gromyko sits between two huge brush-stroke characters for 'No' under the headline 'They always say No!', and three photographs below show refugees, a doctor examining a child and children holding cups, each captioned as something the Soviet Union 'would not' support. The photographs show United Nations relief and say nothing about any Soviet vote; the link is made only by the caption, which ties each picture to a refusal.

## Text on the object

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

```
不　　　　不

他們總是說“不！”

蘇聯代表們往往對提出於聯合國之前的一些積極的建議——如國際監視管制原子能之類——表示“不贊成”。上圖為蘇聯外次葛羅米柯，他拒絕簽署對日和約。

蘇聯不肯援助難民返國。這裡是一個逃避蘇聯統治的家庭，它準備開始它的新生命。

蘇聯不肯支持聯合國世界衛生組織。這裡是一位獲得聯合國支援的醫生在給印度兒童診病。

蘇聯不肯支持聯合國國際兒童緊急基金會。這裡希臘兒童感謝聯合國以食物贈送他們。
```

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

```
No          No

They always say "No!"

Soviet representatives often indicate "disapproval" of constructive proposals put before the United Nations, such as international inspection and control of atomic energy. Above is Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Gromyko, who refused to sign the peace treaty with Japan.

The Soviet Union is unwilling to help refugees return home. Here is a family that escaped Soviet rule; it is preparing to begin its new life.

The Soviet Union is unwilling to support the United Nations World Health Organization. Here is a doctor who has received UN support, treating an Indian child.

The Soviet Union is unwilling to support the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. Here Greek children thank the United Nations for giving them food.
```

Read from a 960 px image of brush-style lettering; the punctuation marks and a few characters (for example 希臘 'Greek' and 它準備) are the closest readings, not certain. Translation is a literal machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader.

[← Les communistes pris en flagrant délit de mensonge (The Communists Caught in the Act of Lying)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/communists-caught-lying-1952/) ["Was hast du für den Frieden getan?": backdrop quoting Anna Seghers at the 3rd German Writers' Congress, Berlin →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/gdr-writers-congress-seghers-peace-quote-1952/)

## Using the same techniques

- [Bayeux Tapestry, scene 23: UBI HAROLD SACRAMENTVM FECIT VVILLELMO DVCI](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/bayeux-tapestry-harold-oath-to-william-1070/) (Kingdom of England · 1070 · Transfer, Card stacking)
- [Passional Christi und Antichristi: the emperor kisses the pope's foot (leaf 'Antichristus')](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/passional-christi-antichristi-emperor-kisses-pope-1521/) (Electoral Saxony · 1521 · Name-calling, Card stacking)
- [The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Regt.](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/revere-bloody-massacre-king-street-1770/) (Province of Massachusetts Bay · Mar 1770 · Name-calling, Card stacking). Content note: Hand-coloured engraving of bloodied dead and wounded colonists after soldiers fired on a crowd.
- [The Virginia Argus, "Letter to Mazzei" and rebuttal, 16 September 1800](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/virginia-argus-letter-to-mazzei-1800/) (United States · Sep 16, 1800 · Name-calling, Card stacking)
- [The Examiner, No. 608, 22 August 1819, 'Disturbances at Manchester' (Peterloo)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/examiner-disturbances-at-manchester-1819/) (United Kingdom · Aug 22, 1819 · Card stacking)
- [Punch, 'Laurels at Ningpo' column on the First Opium War, 1842](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/punch-laurels-at-ningpo-1842/) (United Kingdom · 1842 · Card stacking). Content note: Period satirical prose describing the killing of Chinese soldiers at Ningpo in graphic terms, using period terms such as 'pig-tail' for Chinese people.
- [La paz según el Perú – La paz según los chilenos (Peace According to Peru, Peace According to the Chileans)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/la-paz-segun-el-peru-el-banquillo-1880/) (Peru · Jun 12, 1880 · Card stacking)
- [New York Journal and Advertiser, front page, 17 February 1898 ($50,000 reward, Maine 'work of an enemy')](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ny-journal-maine-destroyed-enemy-1898/) (United States · Feb 17, 1898 · Card stacking)