 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Muna 1974, nyika yakavakidzana yePortuguese Timor yakapinda muhondo yevagari vemo mushure mekubviswa kwechiremera chePortugal zvichitevera Carnation Revolution, umo kuruboshwe-kuruboshwe kwepopulist Fretilin Frente Revolucionaria de Timor-Leste Independente yakabuda ichikunda. Nokubvumirwa nenyika dzokuMadokero kusanganisira purezidhendi weU.S. Gerald Ford uye mutungamiriri wehurumende yeAustralia Gough Whitlam panguva yokushanya kwavo kuIndonesia, Suharto akasarudza kupindira achitaura kuti akanga achidzivisa kugadzwa kwenyika yechiKomonisiti. Mushure mekukundikana kwekutsigira zvakavanzika kumapoka eTimor UDT neAPODETI, Suharto akabvumidza kupindirwa kwakazara kwekoloni musi wa7 Zvita 1975 yakateverwa nekubatanidzwa kwayo zviri pamutemo sedunhu re27 reIndonesia reEast Timor muna Chikunguru 1976. Mushandirapamwe wekukomba nokuparadza wa1977-1979 wakapwanya musana weFretilin kutonga pamusoro penzvimbo dzomukati, kunyange zvazvo kuramba uchirwisana nemagandanga kwakaita kuti hurumende ichengete simba rakasimba remauto muhafu yechitsuwa kusvika muna 1999. Kufungidzirwa kushoma kwe90,800 uye yakakwira ye213,600 kufa kwakabatana nekukonana kwakaitika muEast Timor panguva yehutongi hweIndonesia 19741999; kureva, 17,60019,600 kuuraya uye 73,200 kusvika ku194,000 kuwandisa kufa kubva ku nzara uye chirwere, kunyange zvazvo mauto eIndonesia aive nemhosva yeanenge 70 yekuuraya kwechisimba. Kupinda kweIndonesiauye kutapwa kweEast Timor panguva youtungamiri hwaSuharto kwakaguma norufu rwevanhu vanenge 100 000. 