This theses describes the history of Indonesia and East Timor as former colonial states. Indonesian leaders believed that East Timor was part of Indonesia's pre-colonial family and legacy, but East Timorese were more influenced by the Portuguese 450 years colonialism. In 1975, the Government of Indonesia launched a military intervention and occupied East Timor. In the Cold- War era, having feared that the communist movement had infiltrated East Timor, the ...
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