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Sato, Nixon talk in Washington in 1969

TOKYO, Japan - This Nov. 19, 1969 file photo shows then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato (L) and U.S. President Richard Nixon meeting at the White House. Sato's son said Dec. 22, 2009 that a document signed by Sato and Nixon on a secret bilateral security pact has been preserved.

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Documents show U.S. mulled Japan nuke deployment request in 1960s

File photo taken June 25, 1969, shows U.S. Ambassador to Japan Armin Meyer (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Kiichi Aichi shaking hands at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo. Declassified documents showed on Nov. 19, 2017 that the U.S. government weighed its chances of convincing Tokyo in the late 1960s to allow the deployment of nuclear weapons on mainland Japan if an East Asia crisis broke out. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sato, Nixon talk in Washington in 1969

TOKYO, Japan - This Nov. 19, 1969 file photo shows then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato (L) and U.S. President Richard Nixon meeting at the White House. Sato's son said Dec. 22, 2009 that a document signed by Sato and Nixon on a secret bilateral security pact has been preserved. (Kyodo)