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title: 'Đây, thiên-đường cộng-sản: Tự-do ngôn-luận...! (Here, the communist paradise: freedom of the press...!) (Vietnamese poster distributed in Vietnam; NARA title: Viet Poster #6)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/tu-do-ngon-luan-communist-paradise-cao-dai-vietnamese-1950/
description: A man's head is shown with a white gag tied over his mouth, held by two hands with armbands bearing a hammer-and-sickle badge.
section: Collection
---

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[![Đây, thiên-đường cộng-sản: Tự-do ngôn-luận...! (Here, the communist paradise: freedom of the press...!), 1950 US poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/tu-do-ngon-luan-communist-paradise-cao-dai-vietnamese-1950.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/tu-do-ngon-luan-communist-paradise-cao-dai-vietnamese-1950.jpg)

# Đây, thiên-đường cộng-sản: Tự-do ngôn-luận...! (Here, the communist paradise: freedom of the press...!) (Vietnamese poster distributed in Vietnam; NARA title: Viet Poster #6)

A man's head is shown with a white gag tied over his mouth, held by two hands with armbands bearing a hammer-and-sickle badge, while a third hand holds a dagger to the back of his head, all against a yellow map shape. The top line calls this 'the communist paradise' and the bottom line says 'freedom of the press...!'. The tell is name-calling by irony: the quoted slogans are set against a gag and a knife, and no specific event is cited.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
ĐÂY, THIÊN-ĐƯỜNG CỘNG-SẢN

TỰ-DO NGÔN-LUẬN...!

[signature:] Hải Sơn
PHÒNG THÔNG-TIN TRUNG-ƯƠNG
QUÂN-ĐỘI CAO-ĐÀI

[typed archival label: Viet Posters #6]
```

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

```
HERE, THE COMMUNIST PARADISE

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS...!

[signature:] Hải Sơn
CENTRAL INFORMATION OFFICE
CAO DAI ARMY

[typed archival label: Viet Posters #6]
```

Machine-assisted translation, not verified by a fluent reader.

[← Survival Under Atomic Attack (official U.S. Government booklet, cover)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/survival-under-atomic-attack-booklet-1950/) [MacArthur's portrait: listen to the news at 9 every night on 950 kilocycles →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/unc-macarthur-radio-news-leaflet-1950/)

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