118. Editorial Note
On May 4, 1972, President Richard Nixon proclaimed the reversion of the Ryukyu and Daito Islands to Japan. (United States Treaties and Other International Agreements, Volume 23, Part 1, 1972, TIAS 7314, pages 447–448) On May 15, President Nixon inaugurated the new “hot line” between the United States and Japan by congratulating the people of Japan on the return of the Ryukyu Islands. (Hotline message from Nixon to Sato, May 15; National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 757, Presidential Correspondence File 1969–1974, Japan, (Sato Corr) 1969–8 Jul 1972)