On December 7, 1975...
 
1975: Indonesia, with Green Light and Weapons from US, Invades East Timor
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Indonesian invasion of East Timor: "The invasion of 7 December 1975-of which, said the New York Times: "By any definition, Indonesia is guilty of naked aggression"-was launched the day after US President Gerald Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger left Indonesia following a meeting with President Suharto."

Source: Blum (1995), Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II. Bloomsbury
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