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title: Thailand is Vigilant, photo poster (Thai poster distributed in Bangkok)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/thailand-is-vigilant-photo-poster-thai-bangkok-1964/
description: A Thai photo poster headed 'Thailand is Vigilant'. Photographs show hundreds of parachutes falling from transport aircraft.
section: Collection
---

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# Thailand is Vigilant, photo poster (Thai poster distributed in Bangkok)

A Thai photo poster headed 'Thailand is Vigilant'. Photographs show hundreds of parachutes falling from transport aircraft, riflemen advancing through grass, mock prisoners being led away, a tank with a dozer blade and troops running ashore from a landing ship. Captions name the exercises Air Boon Choo, Klong Pa 2 and Kitti 17. The text says the situation in Southeast Asia is not reassuring and that joint SEATO drills assure the public. The tell is card-stacking: only capability is shown.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
ประเทศไทย
เฝ้าระวังภัย

สถานการณ์ในเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ไม่เป็นที่น่าวางใจ เพื่อความไม่ประมาท ประเทศไทยฝึกซ้อมป้องกันประเทศร่วมกับภาคี สปอ. ประกันความอุ่นใจของประชาชนเสมอมา

ทหารราบอากาศของกองทัพอากาศไทยในคราวฝึก "แอร์บุญชู" เมื่อปลายเมษายน ๒๕๐๗ กำลังรุกคืบหน้าเพื่อทำลายข้าศึก

ข้าศึกสมมติถูกจับเป็นเชลยในการฝึก "แอร์บุญชู" ๒๕๐๗ หลังจากมีการสู้รบภาคพื้นดิน โดยการสนับสนุนของหน่วยกำลังทางอากาศยุทธวิธี แห่งประเทศภาคี ส.ป.อ.

นี่คือรถถังสหรัฐอันเป็นยุทโธปกรณ์ทันสมัยกอปรด้วยประสิทธิภาพยิ่งอย่างหนึ่ง ได้นำมาร่วมในการฝึก "กลองป่า ๒" เมื่อเดือนมกราคม ๒๕๐๖ อันเป็นการฝึกยุทธวิธีสเทินน้ำสเทินบก สำหรับปราบปรามกองโจรในภูมิประเทศป่าลึก

ภาพขวา แสดงการ ระบายพล ขึ้นบก จากเรือรบหลวงสงคราม ในการฝึก "กิตติ ๑๗" เมื่อเดือนกุมภาพันธ์ ๒๕๐๗ ซึ่งเป็นการฝึกปราบปรามการแทรกซึมของกองโจรคอมมิวนิสต์ ในบริเวณ ๑๐ พื้นที่ ทั่วประเทศไทย

4-892 (16)
```

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

```
Thailand is vigilant. The situation in Southeast Asia is not reassuring. To be safe, Thailand drills its national defence together with the SEATO allies, always assuring the people's peace of mind. [Captions:] Airborne infantry of the Royal Thai Air Force in the 'Air Boon Choo' exercise, late April 1964, advancing to destroy the enemy. Mock enemy taken prisoner in the 'Air Boon Choo' exercise of 1964 after ground fighting, supported by tactical air units of SEATO member countries. This is a U.S. tank, a modern and highly efficient piece of equipment, taken part in the 'Klong Pa 2' exercise of January 1963, an amphibious tactical exercise for suppressing guerrillas in deep-forest terrain. Picture at right shows troops landing from a naval vessel in the 'Kitti 17' exercise of February 1964, an exercise in suppressing infiltration by Communist guerrillas in 10 areas across Thailand. [Imprint:] 4-892 (16)
```

Thai read from a reduced image; some words in the small captions, including exercise names and a numeral, may be imperfect.

[← Outlook poster, Preparing to Serve Their Countries (English poster distributed in Accra)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/outlook-poster-preparing-to-serve-countries-1964/) [Việt Cộng sát hại dân lành, Vietnam Photo News poster (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/viet-cong-kill-civilians-vietnam-photo-news-poster-saigon-1964/)

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