Reparations

Norman Taylor (left), a member of the U.S. Reparations Mission party, with White Russian interpreter in Mukden, 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).

A wedding in Mukden, 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).

Raphael Green (left), a member of the Reparations Mission led by Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, shopping in the "Flea Market" in Mukden, 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).

Young Chinese boys working as street merchants in Mukden, Manchuria in front of Yamato Hotel (also called Shenyang Railway Hotel), posing for photograph taken by Karl, a member of Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley's Reparations Mission. 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).

Norm Taylor, member of Reparations Mission led by Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, outside the Manchu Tombs at Peiling, Mukden, 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).

Damage to airplane factory due to B-29 attack in 1944. Outside of this and a small amount of damage in Anahan, the Reparations Mission led by Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley found no other evidence of B-29 raids. 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).

Building in Mukden, Manchuria, exemplifying "knock-a-hole-in-the-wall-and-take-out" technique of removing industrial equipment commonly found by the Reparations Mission led by Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley. 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).

Building in Mukden, Manchuria, exemplifying "knock-a-hole-in-the-wall-and-take-out" technique of removing industrial equipment commonly found by the Reparations Mission led by Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley. 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).

Marines from Tientsin, on railcar, who brought jeeps to Mukden, Manchuria, for use by the Reparations Mission led by Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley. 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).

Shenyang Railway Hotel and Japanese obelisk in Mukden, Manchuria. Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley and members of the Reparations Mission party stayed at the Shenyang Railway Hotel. 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).