U.S. Army Signal Corps

Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley (second figure back, looking up) inspecting Coal Hydrogenation Research Institute in Mukden, Manchuria. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Japanese laborers pump water by hand because of Soviet removal of electrically driven pumps. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, in the distance, at inspection of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Mukden, Manchuria. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, in the distance, at inspection of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Mukden, Manchuria. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley (fourth from left, facing camera) and party arrive at Shenyang Railway Hotel (also known as Yamato Hotel), in Mukden, Manchuria. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Manchu Rubber Company in Liaoyang, Manchuria. Opening broken into wall of building to make possible removal of heavy rubber processing equipment during Soviet occupancy. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Japanese Optical Goods Factory in Mukden, Manchuria with unidentified men looking on. One of the few precision lens grinders left remaining after Soviet occupancy. The only other type of machines found remaining were lens polishing tables. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Manchu Rubber Company in Laioyang, Manchuria. Interior of boiler house after removal of boilers during Soviet occupancy. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Manchu Rubber Company in Laioyang, Manchuria. Exterior of boiler house showing opening made in wall for the removal of boiler during Soviet occupancy. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Japanese Optical Goods Factory - Mukden, Manchuria. Guard box in portion of factory from which machinery was removed during Soviet occupancy. All machines except lens polishers and some grinders were removed from this large factory which made binoculars, range finders, etc. Note inscription in Russian. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).