Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cewar marubucin Clinton Fernandes gwamnatocin Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke da Paul Keating sun yi aiki tare da sojojin Indonesia da Shugaba Suharto don ɓoye cikakkun bayanai game da yanayin a Gabashin Timor da kuma kiyaye ikon Indonesia na yankin. Gwamnatocin Ostiraliya sun ga kyakkyawar dangantaka da kwanciyar hankali a Indonesia (mafi girman maƙwabcin Ostiraliya) a matsayin samar da mahimmin tsaro ga arewacin Ostiraliya. Duk da haka, Ostiraliya ta ba da mafaka mai mahimmanci ga masu ba da shawara ga 'yancin kai na Gabashin Timor kamar José Ramos-Horta (wanda ya kafa kansa a Ostiraliya a lokacin da yake gudun hijira). Koyaya, a duk tsawon lokacin da Indonesia ke mamaye Gabashin Timor, jama'ar Australiya gabaɗaya ba su da kwanciyar hankali, idan ba a tsayayya da mamayar ba, wanda aka fara nunawa ta mutuwar 'yan jaridar Australiya biyar waɗanda aka san su da "Balibo 5". Hakanan ayyukan mutanen Timorese wajen tallafawa sojojin Ostiraliya yayin yakin Timor
a yakin duniya na biyu an tuna da su sosai, musamman ta tsoffin sojoji. Wadannan batutuwa guda biyu sun ci gaba da zama a Gabas ta Gabas ta Gabas a cikin mummunan haske, a duk tsawon lokacin mamayewa da mamayewa. An gudanar da zanga-zangar a Ostiraliya a kan mamayar, manyan 'yan Timor ta Gabas sun zauna a Ostiraliya kuma sun ci gaba da batun, kuma wasu' yan asalin Ostiraliya sun shiga cikin kungiyar adawa. A cewar Farfesa James Cotton, rubuta a cikin littafinsa game da mamayewar, Suharto a zahiri ya guji zuwa Ostiraliya, tare da sanin cewa za a yi zanga-zangar jama'a.