ປະຊາຊົນທົ່ວໂລກຕ້ອງການສັນຕິພາບ (The World's People Want Peace) (Lao poster distributed in Laos)
A Lao-language photo-and-pictogram sheet headed 'peace': a farmer ploughing with oxen, a crossed-out helmeted soldier, a soldier beside a civilian family, and a photograph of a delegates' hall. The Vietnamese edition (NAID 5730168) says the United States proposed that all nations reduce armaments under UN control. The tell is glittering-generalities, peace attached to farming and family, plus card-stacking, one proposal presented as the route.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- July 7, 1952
- 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
- Cold 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, July 7, 1952. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 5730167, 306-PPA-266).
Text on the object
ປະຊາຊົນທົ່ວໂລກຕ້ອງການ ສັນຕິພາບ... [Lao script text in four blocks: header, caption beside the farm photograph, caption beside the soldier and family silhouettes, caption under the conference photograph; body text too small and stylised to transcribe reliably]
The world's people want peace... [Body captions follow the Vietnamese edition: to produce more food, build houses and teach their children; resources of the free world devoted to preventing aggression; the United States proposed that every nation reduce armaments; arms control to be supervised by the United Nations under international agreement. This rendering of the body is taken from the Vietnamese edition, not read from the Lao.]
Only the header is read from the Lao image; body captions not transcribed.
