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title: We Do Not Want to Disturb the People, We Desire Only to Protect Public Security
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/we-do-not-want-to-disturb-the-people-1965-1969/
description: A painted poster in red and grey carries the two-line text 'Do not want to disturb the people; only want to protect public security'.
section: Collection
---

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# We Do Not Want to Disturb the People, We Desire Only to Protect Public Security

A painted poster in red and grey carries the two-line text 'Do not want to disturb the people; only want to protect public security'. Uniformed police search a covered cart while a civilian looks on, one officer carries a smiling child and another points. The tell is the reassuring wording and the smiling bystanders set beside an inspection, framing a search as service to the public.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

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

```
-KHÔNG MUỐN PHIỀN NHIỄU NHÂN DÂN
-CHỈ MUỐN BẢO VỆ AN-NINH CÔNG CỘNG
```

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

```
- Do not want to disturb the people
- Only want to protect public security
```

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