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Ambassador Pauley at Dum Dum Airport, Calcutta, India; U.S. Reparations Mission

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).

Ambassador Pauley and Commander Edelstein Before Takeoff for Calcutta, India

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).

Ambassador Pauley and Staff Visit High Commissioner Paul V. McNutt, Manila

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).

Ambassador Pauley Arrives in Pyongyang

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 Pauley on Boat

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 Pauley at Airport

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).

Pauley Views Japanese Treasures

Accompanied by high ranking officers, Edwin W. Pauley, President Truman's reparations envoy to Japan, recently inspected a vast Japanese treasure store of gold, silver, platinum, diamonds, and silverware deep in the vaults of Tokyo's Bank of Japan. Pending Allied disposition the treasure will remain in the bank's vaults. Above, Brig. Gen. Hoffman, Tokyo Provost Marshal; Ambassador Pauley and Maj. Gen. Chase, CG of the First Cavalry Division, (Left to right) inspect silver ingots in vault 2. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S.