 Moerdani became the Intelligence Assistant to the Minister of Defense and Security, Intelligence Assistant to the Commander of the Operational Command for the Restoration of Security and Order (Kopkamtib), Head of the Strategic Intelligence Centre (Pusintelstrat), and Deputy Head of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (Bakin).In 1975, Moerdani became deeply involved with the matter of East Timor's decolonization.In August 1975, Moerdani began sending Indonesian soldiers under the guise of volunteers to begin infiltrating East Timor.