Korean War Propaganda Leaflet. "Christmas will be happy in the family".
(Circa 1950). Stock ID #179481 This leaflet was one of a large number of propaganda documents produced by China and North Korea during the Korean War. Part of a series of black-and-white propaganda leaflets which appear to have been produced by the Chinese People's Volunteers (the People's Republic of China forces supporting North Korea in the war) it aims to convey the message that American prisoners of war were well treated and were in regular communication with their families back home. The printed text assures readers that POWs held by North Korean and Chinese forces will be repatriated soon after the armistice is signed, whereas (warns the leaflet) Allied soldiers from the US, Britain and other nations "will have to stay in Korea until the US Government makes up its mind to leave Korea to the Koreans." The photograph purports to show Mrs Christine Brown, wife of Lt. Col, Gerald Brown reading a letter from her husband, who was a prisoner of war in Korea. Gerald Brown was in the US Air Force. He was shot down over Korea and spent almost 3 years as a prisoner of war. Lt. Col. Brown was in fact a Korean War POW who was later repatriated to the US, but the authenticity of the photo cannot be verified. When referring to this item please quote stockid 179481.
Black and white photographic illustration with text, lightly browned one small area, horizontal central fold. Good copy. 13.4 x 19.3cm.
The leaflets were generally distributed by plane or stuffed into artillery shells, though propaganda from the Northern side was also sometimes left in no man's land to be picked up by US and other forces fighting on the UN/South Korean side.
Price: $200.00 AU