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Xanana Gusmão

Gusmão Was arrested and Imprisoned by The UDT

1975
Timor-Leste

During most of 1975 a bitter internal struggle occurred between two rival factions in Portuguese Timor. Gusmão became deeply involved with the Fretilin faction, and as a result he was arrested and imprisoned by the rival faction the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) in mid-1975.


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