 US recognition of this format of treaty was Japan recovered full sovereignty under article 1 except islands which were excluded from Japan by name.Both countries submitted petitions and documents to persuade the Allied Powers to rule Liancourt Rocks in their favour.The Japanese government's Foreign Office submitted a series of documents, issued from November 1946 to June 1947, entitled "Minor Islands Adjacent to Japan Proper; Parts I-IV", of which "Part IV, Minor Islands in the Pacific, Minor Islands in the Sea of Japan" described Utsuryo-shima (Ulleungdo) and Take-shima (Dokdo, Liancourt Rocks) as Japanese territory.