Suara Amerika, Amerika Mengenal Malaya: Voice of America Malay-language program (Malay poster in Jawi script distributed in Malaya)
A Malay-language poster in Jawi script advertising a Voice of America Malay program. A Malayan house under palms faces a sunburst around the Statue of Liberty and a skyline, and a family of Malay listeners sits looking up at a radio, with broadcast times and wavelengths in 19, 25 and 31 metres. The tell is transfer: American imagery is placed beside a Malayan home and promised as 'knowledge, lessons, entertainment' from America.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- August 17, 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
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- Media and information
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- 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, 17 August 1951. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 5730147, 306-PPA-246).
Text on the object
امريكا ممغكنيل ملايا سوارا امريكا ڤڠتهوان، ڤلاجرن، هيبوران دري امريكا كڤد ملايا سياران خاص باكي ڤندودق تانه ملايو دالم بهاس ملايو رنچاڠن ملايو "سوارا امريكا" ڤوكول 9 هيڠڬ 9.15 مالم دڠن ڬلومبڠ 15.25 - 11.79 - 11.75 دان 9.515 كيلوسيكل 19، 25 دان 31 ميتر كمڤولكنله اديق، كاكق، ايه، ايبو دان نينيق كراون منديڠر رنچاڠن ملايو راديو امريكا تيڤ٢ مالم ڤوكول 9 هيڠڬ 9.15 مالم كيلوسيكل 19، 25 دان 31 ميتر
America knows Malaya. Voice of America. Knowledge, lessons, entertainment from America to Malaya. A special broadcast for the people of the Malay land, in the Malay language. Malay programme 'Voice of America', 9:00 to 9:15 at night, on kilocycles 15.25, 11.79, 11.75 and 9.515; 19, 25 and 31 metres. Gather younger and elder siblings, father, mother and grandparents to hear the Malay programme of Radio America, every night 9:00 to 9:15.
Jawi reading is approximate; some words and frequency figures are uncertain, and the translation follows the best reading.
