Possessions and Overseas Territories Subsequently Retroceded
- Chamizal, Texas, to Mexico.
- The Milk River and Poplar River cessations ceded to the United Kingdom, in the Treaty of 1818.
- Panama Canal Zone, to Panama.
- Commonwealth of the Philippines to Republic of the Philippines.
- Rio Rico, Texas (Horcón Tract) to Mexico.
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