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US Considers Futenma Return a "Necessary Condition," Revealed in Classified Document From 5 Months Before the Agreement; Suggests Emphasis on Matsumasa Miyazato's Recommendations.
[30th Anniversary of the Futenma Return Agreement] [Junyo Hirana, US Special Correspondent] Regarding the April 1996 US-Japan agreement on the return of the US Marine Corps Futenma Air Station, declassified US State Department documents have revealed that the US side was wary about five months before the agreement was reached that the return could become a "necessary condition (for Japan)."
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[30th Anniversary of the Futenma Return Agreement] [Junyo Hirana, US Special Correspondent] Regarding the April 1996 US-Japan agreement on the return of the US Marine Corps Futenma Air Station, declassified US State Department documents have revealed that the US side was wary about five months before the agreement was reached that the return could become a "necessary condition (for Japan)."