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The period immediately following December 20th saw the US government put increasing pressure on the Government of the Ryukyus to take substantive actions in the wake of the incident. However, it would be several months before many anyone was formally charged with any crimes associated with the incident. As the GRI-led investigation continued, it was made clear the general Okinawan population condemned the violence, but not the reasons it had occurred. Civil disturbances in the wake of the Koza Incident tapered off leading towards reversion in 1972.