 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - East Timor yakazivisa kuzvimiririra kubva kuPortugal musi waNovember 28, 1975. Mazuva mapfumbamwe gare gare, nyika yacho yakapindirwa neIndonesiapasi pechikonzero chokurwisana nekolonialism kupidigura hurumende yeFretilin yakabuda muna 1974. Purezidhendi weU.S. Gerald Ford akatsigira kupindirwa, achiona East Timor sechinhu chiduku chinokosha, chakasvibiswa neIndonesia neUnited States ukama. Kuwa kweSaigon pakati pa 1975 kwakanga kwasiya Indonesia somubatsiri anokosha zvikurusa weU.S. muSoutheast Asia, naizvozvo Ford akarangarira kuti kwaiva kufariro yenyika kutsigira Indonesia. Gare gare akataura kuti: mukufamba kwenguva, Indonesia yakanga isinganyanyi kukosha kwandiri, uye Taida shamwari pashure peVietnam. 