Reparations

Unidentified Asian town photographed during Edwin W. Pauley's travels in Asia as a member of 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, chief of the American Reparations Commission, addressing Korean press representatives in the throne room of the Capitol building, Seoul, Korea. 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.

Unidentified walkway in Asia photographed during Edwin W. Pauley's travels in Asia as a member of the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47, the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors.

Unidentified Asian monument photographed during Edwin W. Pauley's travels in Asia as a member of the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47, the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors.

Unidentified Asian house photographed during Edwin W. Pauley's travels in Asia as a member of the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47, the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors.

Unidentified city in Asia photographed during Edwin W. Pauley's travels as a member of the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47, the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors.

A bridge in an unidentified Asian town. This photograph dates from Edwin W. Pauley's travels in Asia as a member of the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47, the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors.

A bridge leading to a village in an unidentified Asian country. This photo dates from Edwin W. Pauley's travels in Asia as 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.

Asian-language political cartoons on Japanese military presence in China. This photograph dates from Edwin W. Pauley's travels in Asia as a member of the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47, the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors.

Collage of Asian-language newspapers from postwar period. This photograph dates from Edwin W. Pauley's time in Asia as a member of the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47, the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors.