Richard Nixon, United States President and Eisaku Sato, Japanese Prime Minister, Agreed minute to Joint Communique of United States President Nixon and Japanese Prime Minister Sato
“ However, in order to discharge effectively the international obligations assumed by the United States for the defense of countries in the Far East including Japan, in time of great emergency the United States Government will require the re-entry of nuclear weapons and transit rights in Okinawa with prior consultation with the Government of Japan. ”
