Come South
8/5/1954
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The 1954 Geneva Accords called for a temporary partition of Vietnam at the 17th Parallel—creating a Communist state in the North and a French-backed non-Communist state in the South. There was a 300-day period of free travel between North and South Vietnam before the border closed. The U.S. ran a propaganda campaign to encourage Northerners to “Go South to avoid Communism,” where they would be “welcomed with open arms.” The campaign wasn’t needed. Hundreds of thousands of North Vietnamese had religious, economic, and other reasons to flee communism.
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HÃY VÀO NAM ĐỂ TRÁNH CỘNG-SẢNVĨ-TUYẾN 17
ĐỒNG-BÀO NAM-VIỆT
DANG TAY CHỜ ĐÓN ĐỒNG BÀO BẮC-VIỆT
This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Information Agency, .
National Archives Identifier: 6949142
Full Citation: Poster 306-PPB-225; Come South; 8/5/1954; Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, ca. 1950 - ca. 1965; Records of the U.S. Information Agency, , Record Group 306; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/come-south, October 3, 2024]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
