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title: Welcoming Ceremony for the 140 Hoi Chanh Before They Go to the Chieu Hoi Center (Buổi lễ tiễn đưa 140 anh em hồi chánh về Bộ Chiêu Hồi)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/welcoming-ceremony-140-hoi-chanh-chieu-hoi-center-sp-2736-1965-1969/
description: A purple-printed photo-spread (code SP-2736, issue number 4 of a series) shows 140 ralliers on a Saigon balcony.
section: Collection
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# Welcoming Ceremony for the 140 Hoi Chanh Before They Go to the Chieu Hoi Center (Buổi lễ tiễn đưa 140 anh em hồi chánh về Bộ Chiêu Hồi)

A purple-printed photo-spread (code SP-2736, issue number 4 of a series) shows 140 ralliers on a Saigon balcony, being greeted by the Chieu Hoi commissioner and a general, speaking into microphones and boarding a bus waved off by women in ao dai. The text calls the ceremony proof of the government's humane policy and says the men will live as free as other southern citizens. Handshakes, press cameras and a named 12-year-old rallier present defection as a public, welcomed event.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
BUỔI LỄ TIỄN ĐƯA 140 ANH EM HỒI CHÁNH VỀ BỘ CHIÊU HỒI

BUỔI LỄ TIỄN ĐƯA CÁC ANH EM HỒI CHÁNH VỀ BỘ CHIÊU HỒI ĐÃ NÓI LÊN CHÁNH SÁCH NHÂN ĐẠO CÙNG SỰ ĐẶC BIỆT LƯU TÂM CỦA CHÁNH PHỦ VNCH ĐỐI VỚI NHỮNG NGƯỜI BÊN KIA CHIẾN TUYẾN TRỞ VỀ. TỪ ĐÂY SỐ 140 ANH EM HỒI CHÁNH NÀY SẼ SỐNG CUỘC SỐNG THOẢI MÁI NHƯ NHỮNG CÔNG DÂN KHÁC CỦA MIỀN NAM.

Ồng Tổng Trưởng Chiêu Hồi đang xem những chữ ký trên bức thư của số 55 anh em hồi chánh viên người Bắc viết gởi Bác Hồ.

Từ Tòa Đô Chánh, nơi tổ chức cuộc lễ, anh em Hồi Chánh quan sát Đại Lộ Nguyễn-Huệ, một cảnh ngoạn mục của Sàigòn.

Ông Tổng Trưởng Chiêu Hồi Nguyễn Ngọc An bắt tay thân mật với Thiếu Uý Việt Cộng hồi chánh Trần Huy Nho trong buổi lễ tiễn đưa các hồi chánh viên về Bộ Chiêu Hồi.

Mấy phút phỏng vấn Ông Tổng Trưởng Chiêu Hồi và em Nguyễn văn Khai, 12 tuổi, hồi chánh viên.

Thiếu Tướng Nguyễn Văn Minh, Tổng Trấn Sài-Gòn Gia-Định ân cần thăm hỏi sức khoẻ của anh em hồi chánh.

Xoá bỏ hận thù, rút ngắn đau thương, nhân dân miền Nam luôn luôn mở rộng cánh tay đón tiếp những người bên kia chiến tuyến trở về để xây dựng lại quê hương xứ sở.

Anh Trần Huy Nho Thiếu Uý Việt Cộng Hồi Chánh thay mặt số 140 anh em hồi chánh đọc lời cảm tạ và tri ân sự săn sóc ân cần của Chánh Phủ và nhân dân VNCH.

CHIÊU HỒI
SỐ 4
2736
```

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

```
CEREMONY SENDING OFF 140 RALLIERS TO THE CHIEU HOI MINISTRY

The ceremony sending the ralliers to the Chieu Hoi Ministry expressed the humane policy and the special concern of the RVN government for those from the other side of the front who return. From now on these 140 ralliers will live a comfortable life like other citizens of the South.

The Minister of Chieu Hoi examining the signatures on a letter from 55 northern-born ralliers written to Uncle Ho.

From City Hall, where the ceremony was held, the ralliers look out over Nguyen Hue Boulevard, a spectacular sight of Saigon.

Chieu Hoi Minister Nguyen Ngoc An shakes hands warmly with rallier Viet Cong Second Lieutenant Tran Huy Nho at the ceremony sending the ralliers to the Chieu Hoi Ministry.

A few minutes of interview with the Chieu Hoi Minister and Nguyen Van Khai, 12 years old, rallier.

Major General Nguyen Van Minh, Military Governor of Saigon-Gia Dinh, kindly asks after the ralliers' health.

Putting aside hatred, shortening pain and sorrow, the people of the South always open their arms to welcome those from the other side of the front who return to rebuild the homeland.

Tran Huy Nho, rallier Viet Cong Second Lieutenant, on behalf of the 140 ralliers reads words of thanks and gratitude for the kind care of the Government and people of the RVN.

CHIEU HOI
No. 4
2736
```

Translation is FRAME's own literal rendering. 'Tổng Trưởng' is rendered 'Minister' as printed; the first caption's initial 'Ồng' is the printed form of 'Ông'. Caption order follows position on the sheet and is approximate.

[← We Do Not Want to Disturb the People, We Desire Only to Protect Public Security](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/we-do-not-want-to-disturb-the-people-1965-1969/) [What Did They Do in Dalat-Tuyen-Duc? →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/what-did-they-do-dalat-tuyen-duc-1965-1969/)

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