Kẻ thù số một của nhân loại (Humanity's number-one enemy) (Vietnamese poster distributed in Vietnam; NARA title: Viet Poster #3)

A Vietnamese caricature poster. An orange-faced, fanged figure with 'Stalin' written on his sleeve hugs a globe, his claws digging in and blood running down it. The headline calls him humanity's number-one enemy, and a four-line verse says he means to communise the five continents and seize the globe, leaving broken bodies and ruined homes. The tell is name-calling through a monstrous caricature of a named leader, with the verse supplying fear-appeal.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Name-callingFear appeal

Date

March 1, 1951

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

Demonize

Themes

War and the military, Empire and colonialism

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, c. 1951. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 5730136, 306-PPA-235).

KẺ THÙ SỐ MỘT CỦA NHÂN LOẠI.

Xít-ta-lin [written on sleeve]

Lòng toan cộng-sản-hóa năm châu,
Họ Xít quyết thâu quả địa cầu;
Vứt bên vỡ đầu xương máu đổ,
Nhà tan của nát, chúng dân sầu.

[signature: Ngọc Ân]
[typed archival label: VIET POSTER #3]

HUMANITY'S NUMBER-ONE ENEMY.

Stalin [written on sleeve]

Intending to communise the five continents,
The Stalin clan is resolved to seize the whole globe;
[Heads smashed, bones and blood spilled,]
Homes ruined, property destroyed, the people grieve.