Reparations

Outside view of buildings at Yentai Coal Mine in 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).

Outside view of home of S. Kitano in Hsian, Manchuria. This house and furnishings had been left intact by Soviets and Chinese Communists. It was the only Japanese house seen by members of the Pauley Mission which had not been looted. The house was owned and occupied by the Japanese manager who was still in charge of the coal mine. The reason given for his not being molested was that he provided Soviet officers and soldiers with comfortable billets (the homes of former Japanese officials) and a Japanese girl for every Soviet. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission.

Wide view of central coal mine in Peipiao, 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).

Two Chinese soldiers look at blown-out side of sub-station for incoming power at Peipiao, Manchuria. It was damaged beyond repair by Chinese Communist explosives in May 1946. 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).

Mine cars stripped for ball and roller bearings, left on their sides outside along railroad track at Peipiao, Manchuria. Mine cars in this condition were observed at all mines visited by the Reparations Mission. Soviet damage at Peipiao consisted primarily of removal of supplies and stocks. 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).

Outside view of power plant generating 30,000 KW, operated in connection with the Hsian Coal Mines in Hsian, Manchuria. At this plant only supplies were removed. 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).

Interior wreckage in Peipiao Hospital in Peipiao, 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).

Two sets of highway and railway bridges connecting Penshihu and Kungyuan, Manchuria. Both were disabled by Chinese Communists. Photo shows the south bridge. 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).

One of the two railroad bridges crossing the Taitzu Ho between Penchihu and Kungyuan, Manchuria, destroyed by Chinese Communist forces. 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).

Temporary bridge in Kungyuan, Manchuria, built by Chinese Nationalists as replacement for bridges disabled by Chinese Communists. 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).