Korea / China: A rather chaste propaganda leaflet dropped by the USAF to Chinese troops of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army during the Korean War. 'No wife, no sons and daughters - In life, what other happiness is there?'

This leaflet was first printed on 8 March 1953. The leaflet is designed to stimulate longing for normal human relationships and to create dissension against the government which denies them. The front depicts a photograph of a beautiful woman in a formal silk dress. 500,000 of these leaflets were dropped on the Communist Chinese troops on 14 May 1953, and they were dropped on other earlier occasions.

Reportedly, the pretty young woman featured in the leaflet was the very patriotic daughter of a South Korean Minister who had never given his permission for her to be photographed. Allegedly, when the minister saw a copy of the leaflet and heard that it had been dropped all over North Korea he was furious.

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