Bunroku Yoshino
Bunroku Yoshino
agreed included million overall payment states united united-states
A payment of US$4 million was included in the overall payment of US$320 million to the United States which was agreed to in 1971.
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It was the decision of then Prime Minister Eisaku Sato that Japan would pay (the $4 million) as long as Okinawa would be returned.
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There was a possibility that the negotiations would come to a deadlock if Japan did not pay.