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Propaganda Poster Atomic Weapons TASS News Agency USSR. Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster featuring an ...
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Propaganda Poster Atomic Weapons TASS News Agency USSR. Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster featuring an illustration of a man's hands holding an oversized fire extinguisher with ????????? TACC / Message TASS on the side and the spray reading - The atomic bomb is no longer a secret - as he extinguishes a fire with the flames captioned ????? / War and black smoke rising from the burning papers reading Atlantic Pact and Marshall Plan lit by caricatures depicting the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill and the President of the United States of America Harry S. Truman with the Italian President Luigi Eunadi and French President Vincent Auriol all looking shocked with one holding a fire torch and another holding a missile bomb in his hands, the news quote text in white on the side - The Soviet government, despite the fact that it possesses atomic weapons, stands and intends to remain in the future on its original position of unconditionally prohibiting the use of atomic weapons (From a TASS report dated 27 September 1949) - with a rhyming poem slogan below in bold red Russian lettering reading - The one who stands for peace will be the winner The USSR stands for peace TASS declares to everyone And for the fire of war we have a reliable fire extinguisher just in case. Horizontal. Good condition, restored folds, restored tears, restored paper losses, restored creasing, minor staining, backed on linen. Country of issue: Russia, designer: L. Samoylov, size (cm): 64.5x93, year of printing: 1949.

