Content note: Caricature of officials as a serpent-monster, with a farmer's blood dripping into a basket. This object is shown as it was published. Why
농민의 고혈을 짜는 공산당! (The Communists Who Squeeze the Farmers' Blood), leaflet 1243
Korean-language leaflet for North Korean farmers. A capped serpent-monster coils over a farmer whose blood drips into a basket of produce, under the title 'The Communists who squeeze the farmers' blood'. Three cartoon panels follow: an official taking notes on a 'tremendous tax in kind', a farmer bent under sacks labelled with party and local-office titles, and an empty-handed farmer given only a certificate. The tell is a one-sided ledger of burdens plus the monster image for the opponent.
- Date
- November 18, 1952
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- United Nations Command psychological warfare (U.S. Army), serial 1243; issuer not named on the leaflet
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Leaflet
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Truman Administration
- Leader
- Harry S. Truman
- Audience
- Enemy civilians
- Purpose
- Demonize
- Event
- Korean War
- Techniques
- Card stackingName-calling
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- NDSU Archives (hosted PDF of Jin K. Kim, 'Themes in Korean War-Era Leaflets'); leaflet held by the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Museum, Fort Bragg, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. federal government work, 17 U.S.C. 105: U.S. military leaflet, 1950-53)
U.S. Army / UN Command leaflet no. 1243, John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Museum; Figure 1 in Jin K. Kim, 'Themes in Korean War-Era Leaflets' (1993), PDF at NDSU Archives. Only the scan is hosted.
Text on the object
[Left, beneath serpent drawing:] 농민의 고혈을 짜는 공산당 ! [Black banners across the top of the panels:] 북한 농민들이여 / 공산당을 위하야 일하지 말라 ! 쌀을 감추라 ! [Panel 1 caption:] 굉장한 현물세 [serial in corner: 1243] [Panel 2, sack labels:] 농업지도원 / 자위대원 [uncertain] / 선전부원 / 연맹위원회 [uncertain] / 세포위원장 / [illegible, on the running man's pack] [Panel 2 caption:] 엄청난 성출 ! [Panel 3 caption:] 농민의 보수는 ! [Panel 3, paper in the farmer's hand:] [illegible]
[Left] The Communists who squeeze the farmers' blood! [Banners] North Korean farmers! Do not work for the Communists! Hide your rice! [Panel 1] A tremendous tax in kind. [Panel 2, sacks] Agricultural instructor / self-defence member [uncertain] / propaganda officer / league committee [uncertain] / cell chairman. Enormous levies! [Panel 3] The farmer's reward!
Photocopy-quality scan. Sack labels are small and partly guessed, informed by the labels the cited paper lists; two are marked uncertain. The paper's own figure caption at the bottom edge is not part of the leaflet and is omitted.
