 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Fretilin yakavambwa musi wa 20 Chivabvu 1974, pakutanga yaizivikanwa seTimorese Social Democratic Association ASDT. ASDT yakazvitumidza zita rokuti Fretilin musi wa 11 September 1974 uye yakatora chimiro chakanyanyisa, ichizvizivisa kuti ndiyo mumiriri bedzi wepamutemo wevanhu veEast Timor. Mukupindura kudengenyeka kwenyika neDemocratic Union yeTimor UDT musi wa11 Nyamavhuvhu 1975, Fretilin akakurumidza kuumba bapiro rakashongedzwa rinonzi Falintil, iro rakabuda rakakunda mushure mehondo yevagari vemo yemavhiki matatu. Falintil yaizopfuurira kurwisana nehondo yeIndonesia mukati mokupinda kwayo7 December 1975 uye kubatwa kwakatevera. 