Reparations

An unidentified Asian merchant. This photograph was taken during Edwin W. Pauley's travels in Asia while serving on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47, the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors.

From left to right, General I. M. Chistiakov, Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, and General Navidov at dinner in Pyongyang, Korea. 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 Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, reparations commissioner, is shown in his car just after his arrival at National Airport in Washington, DC, July 19, 1946. Pauley visited sixteen countries as President Harry S. Truman's personal representative 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 with Colonel W. R. Blakeley, PRO, AFPAC, at Atsugi Airfield, Honshu, Japan. 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).

From left to right, Mr. Martin T. Bennett, industrial engineer, an unidentified man, and Lieutenant William Clark with a group at an informal dinner given by General Mark W. Clark for Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, who was visiting Vienna, Austria.

Hermann Goering (second from left) and other defendants and military police at the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals. Several people wear headphones to listen to translations of the proceedings. Members of the Reparations Commission attended the Nuremberg Trials, including Ambassador Edwin Pauley (none visible in this photo).

Hermann Goering and other defendants surrounded by military police at the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals. Several people sitting wear headphones to listen to translations of the proceedings. Several members of the Reparations Commission, including Ambassador Edwin Pauley (none visible in photo) attended the Nuremberg Trials.

Ambassador Edwin Pauley stands on the tarmac in front of an Air Transport Command airplane at a Los Angeles airport, upon his return from the Orient. Left to Right: Col. J.R. Gilchrist, Ambassador Edwin Pauley, Mrs. Barbara Pauley, Mrs. Claude Cameron. Photograph taken after 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 Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Ruins of Von Hindenberg's residence in Berlin, Germany. 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).

Remains of Reichstag in Berlin, Germany. 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).