 Kutevera 1974 Carnation Revolution, Portugal yakatanga muitiro we decolonisation uye yakatanga kubvisa kubva kuPortuguese Timor yakazozivikanwa seEast Timor. Vanhu vokuAustralia vakanga vava nenguva vachifarira nyika iyi; nyika yacho yakanga yatumira mauto munharaunda iyi muHondo Yenyika II, uye vanhu vakawanda vokuEast Timor vakanga varwa nemaJapan vari varwi vemapoka evapanduki. Muna September 1974, Whitlam akasangana naPurezidhendi Suharto muIndonesia ndokuratidza kuti aizotsigira Indonesia kana ikabatanidza East Timor. Panguva yaipisa Hondo Yemashoko, uye mumamiriro ezvinhu ekudzokera shure kweAmerica kubva kuIndo-China, akanzwa kuti kubatanidzwa kweEast Timor muIndonesia kwaizosimudzira kugadzikana kwenzvimbo iyi, uye kuderedza njodzi yeEast Timorese FRETILIN kufamba, iyo vazhinji vaitya kuti yaive yekomonisiti, ichiuya kuzotonga. 