Japan agreed to nukes in Okinawa before reversion deal

Japan agreed to nukes in Okinawa before reversion deal

Undated photo shows a page of a memorandum dated Nov. 17, 1969. The U.S. document, declassified in May 2017, shows Japan officially gave the United States consent to bring nuclear weapons into Okinawa ahead of the 1969 bilateral accord on the reversion of the U.S.-occupied island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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