Ambassadors

H.D. Maxwell greets Edwin Pauley, both Members of the U.S. Reparations Mission to Tokyo, Japan. H.D. Maxwell ("Max"), Chief of Staff, is pictured at right. Edwin Pauley, Ambassador, is pictured at left. 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.)

Tea drinking at the Emperor's Hunting Grounds, in Tokyo, Japan. Edwin Pauley seated, facing the camera. 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.)

Calcutta, India, Dum Dum Airport. Ambassador Edwin Pauley (second from right) stands with U.S Reparations Mission Staff. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-1947 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Left to Right: Commander Edelstein, Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley. The two men are sitting in a car prior to takeoff for Calcutta, India. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-1947 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Left to Right: Unidentified, Unidentified, Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, High Commissioner Paul V. McNutt. Manila. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-1947 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Pyongyang, North Korea: Ambassador Edwin Pauley (right) arrives in this city and is escorted by the Soviets to Headquarters of Guard Colonel General I. M. Chistiakov. 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 Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Ambassador Edwin Pauley (second from left) accompanied by unidentified staff members, while on Japanese Reparations Mission. 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 Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Ambassador Edwin Pauley and unidentified staff member on a boat. 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 Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley at airport. Picture taken at Los Angeles upon the Ambassador's return from the Orient, Dec. 17, 1945. 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 Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Ambassador Edwin Pauley and unidentified staff members. 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 Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).