Pauley, Edwin W. (Edwin Wendell), 1903-1981

Waiters in hats at a restaurant in Calcutta, India. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations tour. 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). Pauley stands second from left.

Earl L. Shaner, Martin T. Bennett, Edwin Pauley, Marshall, and Sgt. John Matles in Calcutta, India, 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).

Commander Edelstein and Edwin Pauley on the U.S. Reparations Mission, prior to leaving for Calcutta. 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).

Edwin Pauley (left) and High Commissioner Paul V. McNutt during the U.S. Reparations tour. 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).

Chinese Nationalist Foreign Minister Wang-Shih-chieh, Edwin Pauley, and General Chu Shih-ming, Commanding General of the Japanese Theater. 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).

Edwin Pauley (third from left) and Chinese Generals in Fushun, Manchuria during the U.S. Reparations Tour. 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).

Edwin Pauley reviews the guard in Fushun, Manchuria, during the U.S. Reparations Tour. 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).

Children greet Edwin Pauley in Fushun, Manchuria during the U.S. Reparations Tour. 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).

Edwin Pauley standing to the right of former President Truman shaking his left hand as Mrs. Pauley stands to his left shakes his right hand. Former President Truman is visiting the Pauley's home in California. From: A leather bound album of 22 8x10 photos of former President Truman's visit to the home of Edwin Pauley and his family. The front of the album shows this from the "Coconut Cabinet" referring to Pauley's private island in Hawaii the Coconut Island. Donor: Edwin W. Pauley.

Edwin W. Pauley standing beside former President Harry S. Truman shaking his left hand as Mrs. Barbara Pauley shakes his right hand. From: A leather bound album of 22 8x10 photos of former President Truman's visit to the California home of Edwin Pauley and his family. The front of the album shows this is from the "Coconut Cabinet" referring to Pauley's private island in Hawaii the Coconut Island. Donor: Edwin W. Pauley.