United States Operations Mission (USOM)-USIS booth, map of Laos in background

Photographer

Halpern, Joel M. (Joel Martin), 1929-

Date

• January 1957

Summary

• This display at the fair, complete with map of Laos, was designed to help develop a sense of nationalism among the population of Laos. This was thought to be incompatible with communism, which the U.S. saw as a Vietnamese import. The large banner in Lao reads "America" rather than the "U.S.A." of the Roman script.