Missions

L to R: Unidentified Chinese officer, Gen. Joseph Stilwell, and Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley enjoy an array of desserts in Chungking during Donald M. Nelson's and his staff's first trip to China.

Left to Right: General Joseph Stilwell, an unidentified reporter, Major General Patrick J. Hurley, an unidentified reporter, and Mr. Donald M. Nelson (head of the War Production Board) at a press conference in Chungking, China.

Donald M. Nelson, War Production Board, arrives at Chungking on his second trip to China.

Meeting with unidentified Chinese and American officials in China during Donald M. Nelson's Mission to China.

Left to Right: Edwin A. Locke, Jr., Mr. Hollings, Donald M. Nelson, Major General Merrill, and Captain Higgins in New Delhi during Donald Nelson's Mission to China.

Donald M. Nelson, left, is greeted by Major General Merrill as he arrives in New Delhi, India, on his Mission to China.

Unidentified group of men in China during Donald M. Nelson's Mission to China. Sign over door reads, "Chialing House."

U.S. Reparations Mission members in Room 233 of their office building in the Dai Ichi Building in Tokyo, Japan. Edwin Pauley pictured front and center. 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.)

U.S. Reparations Mission members before departing from Washington, D.C. to Tokyo, Japan. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley (not seen in photo) 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.)

Farewell dinner in Pyongyang, North Korea. Dinner was given to the Members of the U.S. Reparations Mission by Guard Colonel General I.M. Chistiakov. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley (not seen in photo) 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).