 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Pashure peCarnation Revolution ya1974, Portugal yakabvuma kuti pasi peChitsauko XI cheCharter yeUnited Nations nyika dzayo dzokumahombekombe aiva nekodzero yokuwana kuzvitonga. National Decolonization Commission yakagadzwa kuti itange kubvunzana neEast Timor muna 1975. Nhaurirano dzisati dzapedzwa, bato rezvematongerwe enyika rinonzi Timorese Democratic Union rakaedza kupidigura hurumende uye hondo yevagari vemo pfupi yakatevera. Fretilin akabuda achikunda ndokuzivisa rusununguko rweEast Timor musi wa28 November 1975. Musi wa7 December 1975, Indonesia yakapinda muEast Timor. Portugal yakazivisa Sangano Romubatanidzwa Wenyika Dzepasi Pose UN nezvokupinda kwacho uye pakarepo yakagura ukama hwezvematongerwe enyika neIndonesia. Muna 1976 United Nations Security Council yakapa chisarudzo chaida kuti mauto eIndonesia abve nokukurumidza uye chakasimbisazve kodzero yeEast Timor yokuzvisarudzira. Ichiregeredza UN, Indonesia yakabatanidza zviri pamutemo nharaunda yacho muna July. 