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title: 'The Common Struggle: Philippines'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/the-common-struggle-philippines-1965-1969/
description: An English-language sheet headed PHILIPPINES quotes President Ferdinand E. Marcos on stopping 'communist aggression in Vietnam' and shows Philippine
section: Collection
---

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# The Common Struggle: Philippines

An English-language sheet headed PHILIPPINES quotes President Ferdinand E. Marcos on stopping 'communist aggression in Vietnam' and shows Philippine military medical personnel operating alongside a Vietnamese doctor, with a second photograph of a surgeon treating a wounded Vietnamese patient. A named head of state supplies the endorsement and the photographs show a third country taking part, so the sheet presents the war as a shared allied effort.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/)

## Text on the object

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

```
PHILIPPINES

"While supporting initiatives toward peace, we regard it as essential that the relentless pressure of communist aggression in Vietnam be stopped. The necessity for stopping this aggression is obvious. If we sat by, complacently awaiting the uncertain arrival of peace, we might wake up to find that we had nothing left to negotiate about."
— Pres. Ferdinand E. MARCOS

Member of Philippine surgical team (right) assists a Vietnamese doctor in operation.

Philippine surgeon operates on leg of Vietnamese wounded by Viet Cong bullet.
```

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