U.S. President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon" id="mw9A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> and Japanese Premier <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisaku_Satō" id="mw9Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Eisaku Satō">Eisaku Satō</a> agree on the return of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinawa" id="mw9g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Okinawa">Okinawa</a> to Japanese control in 1972. The U.S. retains rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free.