Reparations

A group of unidentified men stand outside at General Lerch's garden party in Seoul, 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 the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Reparations Mission members at General Lerch's garden party in Seoul, Korea. Several groups of unidentified people, some in military uniform, stand outside. 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 (second from right) and military officers at General Lerch's garden party in Seoul, 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 the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley holds a Korean press conference in the Throne Room of the Capitol Building. Seated from left to right, Major General Archer Lerch, Ambassador Edwin Pauley, Lieutenant General J. R. Hodge, and Brigadier General George J. Schulgen. Unidentified military officials are seated in a row behind Pauley. Reporters are seated, taking notes, on the other sides of the table. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S.

Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley (standing on left, behind people seated at table) addressing the Korean Democratic Council in Seoul, 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 the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

From left to right, Dr. Lee, Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, two unidentified men, and Brigadier General George J. Schulgen at the Korean Democratic Council in Seoul, 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 the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

From left to right, General George J. Schulgen, Lieutenant General John R. Hodge (Commanding Officer, U.S. Army Forces in Korea), Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, and Martin Bennett, standing outside at Kempo Air Base, Seoul, 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 the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Gate at the entrance of the Chosen Hotel in Seoul, Korea. Korean people are walking and bicycling in the street. 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).

Gate at entrance of Chosen Hotel in Seoul, 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 the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Exterior view of the residence of Lieutenant General John R. Hodge in Seoul, Korea. The previous occupant of the house was the Japanese Governor of 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 the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).