Reparations

In Calcutta, India, an Indian boy lies dead, covered by cloth, on sidewalk in front of Great Eastern Hotel. 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).

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).

Calcutta, India, Great Eastern Hotel. Thirteen diners and 24 waiters. Photograph shows long view of room with many tables. The diners are seated toward left and surrounded by large staff of waiters. 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).

Calcutta, India; two Indian waiters in white coats and hats with dark sashes at Officers' Club, Dum Dum Airport. 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).

Calcutta, India. The British "gas up" 9066. Dum Dum Airport. 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).

Guam Island, Pacific; Raphael Green and Norman Taylor examine Japanese dugouts. 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).

Guam Island, Pacific- Raphael Green and Taylor examine Japanese dugouts. 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).

Educator Dr. Arthur G. Coons, of Los Angeles, California, Member of the U.S. Reparations Mission to 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.)