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
- Date
- 1950
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Phòng Thông-Tin Trung-Ương, Quân-Đội Cao-Đài (Cao Dai Army Central Information Office), per printed imprint; held in the U.S. Information Agency 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
- Demonize
- Themes
- Media and information, Elections and party politics
- Event
- First Indochina 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, c. 1950-55. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 5730139, 306-PPA-238).
Text on the object
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]
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.
