Reparations

Manchu Rubber Company in Laioyang, Manchuria. Exterior of boiler house showing opening made in wall for the removal of boiler during Soviet occupancy. 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).

Japanese Optical Goods Factory - Mukden, Manchuria. Guard box in portion of factory from which machinery was removed during Soviet occupancy. All machines except lens polishers and some grinders were removed from this large factory which made binoculars, range finders, etc. Note inscription in Russian. 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).

Coal Hydrogenation Research Institute - Mukden, Manchuria. Russian inscription found on post in laboratory from which all equipment and instruments were removed during Soviet occupancy. 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).

Coal Hydrogenation Research Institute in Mukden, Manchuria. Russian inscription over doorway in the laboratory from which all apparatus and instruments were removed during Soviet occupancy. 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).

Coal Hydrogenation Research Institute - Mukden, Manchuria. View of interior of distillation building from which all apparatus had been removed during Soviet occupancy. 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).

Coal Hydrogenation Research Institute in Mukden, Manchuria. Empty foundation for high pressure compressor removed during Soviet occupancy and door through which removal was effected. 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).

Coal Hydrogenation Research Institute in Mukden, Manchuria. Steel-work for fractionating column which was removed during Soviet occupancy. This plant was used for the development of hydrogenation processes for the production of liquid fuels from Fushun Shale fractions. All the equipment of this plant, except storage tanks, 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).

Sumitomo Metal Industries in Anshan, Manchuria. Opening cut in wall and track laid into tube mill during Soviet occupancy to facilitate removal of equipment. 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).

Coal Hydrogenation Research Institute in Mukden, Manchuria. Machine shop for plant from which all machinery was removed during Soviet occupation. This picture shows less than one quarter of the floor area covered by the removed machinery. 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).

Coal Hydrogenation Research Institute in Mukden, Manchuria. Empty foundations for high pressure compressors removed during Soviet occupancy. 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).