Bây giờ chúng ta đi về đâu? (Where Do We Go Now?), Chieu Hoi leaflet ATF-054-70
Two-sided leaflet in black on yellow. One side has two Chieu Hoi emblems and text saying the reader's leaders cannot do leadership work because they know they are not fighting for a just cause. The other side is a cartoon of four dejected, helmeted soldiers facing a fifth, under the question 'Where do we go now?'. The tell: the blame for the reader's predicament is placed on his own leaders, to split soldiers from cadres.
- Date
- November 28, 1970
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- 1st Psychological Operations Unit, 1st Australian Task Force (Nui Dat), for the South Vietnamese Chieu Hoi programme
- Region
- Oceania
- Country
- Australia
- Medium
- Leaflet
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Gorton Government
- Leader
- John Gorton
- Audience
- Enemy forces
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- Vietnam War
- Techniques
- Scapegoating
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- Australian War Memorial (Official Records, 1st Psychological Operations Unit leaflets), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain per holder (AWM: 'Copyright expired. Permission for reproduction not required'; issued 1970)
1st Psychological Operations Unit, 1st Australian Task Force, 1970; Australian War Memorial RC02811 (ATF-054-70).
Text on the object
[Side 1] [Chieu Hoi emblem, lettered CHIEU HOI] CÁC CẤP LÃNH-ĐẠO CỦA CÁC BẠN KHÔNG THỂ LÀM CÔNG-TÁC LÃNH-ĐẠO VÌ HỌ BIẾT RẰNG HỌ KHÔNG CHIẾN-ĐẤU CHO CHÍNH-NGHĨA. [Chieu Hoi emblem] ATF-054-70 [Side 2] Bây giờ chúng ta đi về đâu? [cartoon: four soldiers with a question mark, a fifth facing them]
[Side 1] [Chieu Hoi emblem] YOUR LEADERS CANNOT DO LEADERSHIP WORK BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT FIGHTING FOR A JUST CAUSE. [Chieu Hoi emblem] ATF-054-70 [Side 2] Where do we go now? [cartoon: four soldiers with a question mark, a fifth facing them]
Both sides read from the AWM scans. The AWM identification strips ('AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL' and the accession number) at the foot of each scan are part of the scan and are omitted. The hosted image places the two sides of the leaflet one above the other (or side by side), joined by FRAME from AWM's two scans of the same object. Translation is FRAME's own literal rendering, machine-assisted and not verified by a fluent reader; AWM's English translation was consulted.
