certainly have won the majority with these ideas if they did not describe themselves as so incompetently portrayed and given airtime on the radio. On January 26, 1975, KOTA launched an election campaign in Dili with 10,000 participants.

José Martins was an Indonesian contact, and KOTA's pro-integration stance was used to legitimize its larger neighbor in the invasion of East Timor. In 1976, Martins fled the Indonesians under United Nations protection. KOTA later turned against the Indonesian occupation.