WITHDRAWAL FROM RYUKYU AND BONIN ISLANDS
Two organizations that have been demanding the immediate return of the American-occupied Ryukyu and Bonin islands to Japan, merged their forces into a single organization at a conference in Tokyo July 30, Thirty-six scholars and intellectuals had proposed the merger into a 2,000-member organization.
The conference called for the withdrawal of U.S. military bases from the islands and abolition of the Japan-U.S. Security Pact. It also called for steps to enable former inhabitants to return to their homes.
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