Reparations

Dick Johnston standing inside a roasting kiln in the Sponge Iron Plant at Manchu Iron Works in Anshan, 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).

South Manchurian Railway Company Oil Shale Plant in Fushun, Manchuria. View of a battery of retorts for distilling the oil from the shale. 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).

Iron mine in Fushun, Manchuria. All modern power shovels were removed by Soviets during occupation, leaving only antiquated equipment of the type shown. 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).

Fushun, Manchuria, power plant, showing place in the main bus yard where four 20,000 kva transformers were removed. Dangling line ends to the high voltage bus can be seen in the upper center of the picture. 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).

Fushun, Manchuria, power plant main building, showing entrance through which the boiler and stoker equipment was 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).

Fushun, Manchuria, power plant main building, showing skids and tow cable used for removing heavy equipment, principally boilers, from the lower part of the building. 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).

Fushun, Manchuria, power plant as seen from the Railway Hotel. With a capacity of 285,000 KW, this plant produced power for the Fushun coal mines and surrounding area. 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).

A crowd of Chinese people, many holding flags and banners, stands waiting to welcome Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley at the railroad station in Fushun, 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).

Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, carrying flowers in center of photograph, being welcomed at the Fushun, Manchuria, railroad station. Pauley is walking beside an unidentified Chinese man, and other members of his party stand in the background along with Chinese men. A uniformed group of young Chinese men stand in formation to the side, as do two young Chinese girls. 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).

Sign on wall at banquet attended by Reparations Mission party at City Hall in Fushun, Manchuria. Sign reads, "Those industry installations illegally removed must be returned." 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).