 Hurumende yeIndonesia inotungamirirwa naGeneral Suharto yakapinda muEast Timor muna 1975uye vakatora nyika kusvikira muna 1999. Pasi paReagan, US yakaramba ichipa rubatsiro rwemauto kuhurumende yaSuharto, mutemo wakatangwa muna 1975 pasi paFord uye wakaramba uchiitwa nehutungamiri hwaCarter. Muna December 1983, tsamba yakasainwa nenhengo 122 dzeCongress yakanyorerwa Mutungamiriri Reagan yakabudiswa pachena. Tsamba yacho yakataura nezvemishumo inogara ichiuya kubva kuAmnesty International nemamwe masangano nezvekutyorwa kwekodzero dzevanhu uye yakakumbira purezidhendi wacho kuti aite kuti kutambura kwevanhu vokuEast Timor kuvewo chimwe chezvinhu zvaanoda kuita. Asingachinji, Reagan akapfuurira kutengesa zvombo kuhurumende yaSuharto. 