Ambassadors

Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley standing in the gardens at the Mitsui Club where the Reparations Mission stayed in Tokyo, Japan. 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).

Reparations Mission party arrives at Atsugi Airport, Tokyo, Japan. Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley (second from left with his back to the camera) stands with a group of unidentified military personnel. 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 (left) and Russian Prosecutor S. A Golenski (right) converse at War Crimes Trials in Tokyo, Japan. 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).

From left to right, Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, U.S. Prosecutor Joseph B. Keenan, and Russian Prosecutor S. A. Golenski conversing at the War Crimes Trials in Tokyo, Japan. 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 (standing on the right, facing the camera, in front of parked car in center of photograph) stands with unidentified military personnel and Reparations Mission members, waiting for First Cavalry Division Review to begin in Tokyo, Japan. 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 (second from right) stands outside a military plane with unidentified military personnel and another civilian, upon his arrival at Atsugi Airport, Tokyo, Japan. 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 (standing with his side to the camera, wearing dark hat) stands outside a military plane, conversing with unidentified military personnel upon his arrival at Atsugi Airport, Tokyo, Japan. 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).

Russian Prosecutor S. A. Golenski (left) and Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley (right) converse at the War Crimes Trials at Tokyo, Japan. 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).

Admiral John Henry Towers (left) and Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley (right) talking at Hickam Field, Honolulu, Hawaii. 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 (standing with his side to the camera) talks with unidentified military personnel upon his arrival at Hickam Field, Hawaii. 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).