[DOC] [TLE] 1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement - Wikipedia [PAR] The Okinawa Reversion Agreement is an agreement between the United States 
and Japan, ... America returned control of the Ryukyu Islands and the Dait 
Islands (also known as the Okinawa ... The United States considered Okinawa a 
part of Japan, and intended to revert sovereignty by 1972, but only if their 
concerns... [DOC] [TLE] Handover of Okinawa to Japan was prickly issue | The Japan Times [PAR] May 14, 2002 ... Okinawa was virtually under U.S. military control as its high ... The U.S. began 
moving toward returning Okinawa after the election in 1968 of ... In early 1972, 
Nixon declared that the U.S. military would pull out of Vietnam. [DOC] [TLE] Okinawa Reversion Agreement, 1972 - Council on Foreign Relations [PAR] Jun 17, 1971 ... Okinawa Reversion Agreement, 1972 (from Ryukyu-Okinawa History and Culture 
Website) ... and the Daito Island," negotiated control of Okinawa back to Japan 
while ... returned to Japan in accordance with the Agreement concerning the ... 
Japan will grant the United States of America on the date of entry... [DOC] [TLE] The Reversion of Okinawa in 1972 [PAR] Despite strong appeals for some form of Okinawan independence, Japanese ... 
placed Okinawa back under the control of Japan, but maintained the U.S. military
... [DOC] [TLE] The U.S. Returns Okinawa to Japan, 1971 - Association for ... [PAR] In 1960 the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty was signed, which stipulated that the U.S. 
... simply a question of when the Ryukyus were going to revert to Japanese 
control. ... between the two, because the Ryukyus didn't revert to Japan until 1972
. [DOC] [TLE] Remembering Reversion | Stripes Japan [PAR] May 13, 2014 ... On that day in 1972, the Ryukyu government, under U.S. Army Lt. Gen. ... 
liberated from American control and returned to its home country, Japan, 
nonetheless. ... After the reversion, the government of Japan spurred Okinawa... [DOC] [TLE] U.S. Military to Return 17% of Okinawan Land Holdings to Japan ... [PAR] Jul 29, 2016 ... The U.S. will return 4000 hectares (9900 acres) of land on Okinawa to Japan ... 
hand-back since the island reverted to Japanese control in 1972. [DOC] [TLE] U.S. military prepares for biggest Okinawa land return since 1972 ... [PAR] Jul 29, 2016 ... Okinawa is the U.S. military's key base in Asia where it faces an ... land to the 
Japanese government, which is 17 percent of the area it controls. [DOC] [TLE] U.S. to hasten return of Okinawan land to Japan  Japan Today ... [PAR] Dec 5, 2015 ... U.S. to hasten return of Okinawan land to Japan .... how your government can be 
so coward and insensitive to give up your country to USA and give its control in 
USA's hand? ... It was an American island from 1945 to 1972. 2. [DOC] [TLE] US Military In Okinawa To Facilitate Largest Land Return To Japan ... [PAR] Jul 29, 2016 ... Okinawa hosts 50000 U.S. nationals, including 30000 military personnel ... 15 
square miles), which is 17 percent of the total area it controls, to Japan. The U.S. 
occupied Okinawa until 1972 and the areas being returned are a... [DOC] [TLE] Okinawa Reversion Treaty - CQ Almanac Online Edition [PAR] 10, by an 846 roll-call vote, ratified the Okinawa Reversion Treaty returning 
control ... to begin negotiations on reversion, which was to be accomplished by 
1972. ... Agreement Between the United States of America and Japan 
Concerning the... [DOC] [TLE] Okinawa, Japan - GlobalSecurity.org [PAR] In 1972, control of Okinawa was reverted to Japan. .... In return for moving troops 
outside the country, Japan would provide pre-positioning facilities for weapons,... [DOC] [TLE] The American Occupation of Okinawa and U.S. Japanese ... - H-Net [PAR] [1] With the defeat of Japan, Okinawa came under American control and became 
... and remains so today even since its return to Japanese administration in 1972. 
... In addition, 192 books (including numerous official records of the U.S. Civil... [DOC] [TLE] Continuity through Change: The Return of Okinawa and Iwo Jima ... [PAR] States to return Okinawa, and Japan to expand

Question: In 1972 this country returned control of Okinawa to Japan
Answer: the United States