Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1955, i uru ia ki te ope French, a, i tukuna ki Algeria i te wa o te
te pakanga o te herekore i te tau 1957. Whai muri i tana mahi i roto i te ope French, ka hoki a Conté ki Guinea, i motuhake mai i France i te 2 o Oketopa 1958, ka whakauruhia ki te ope hou me te taumata o te kaitiaki. I te tau 1962, i haere ia ki te kura rangatira o Camp Alpha i Conakry. I muri tata mai, i whakawhitihia ia ki te pokapū whakangungu patu patu 2 o Kindia. I te 1 o Hōngongoi 1963, i whakatairangahia ia ki te Kaihautū Tuarua. E rua tau i muri mai ka whai ake tenei i tetahi atu whakatairanga mai i te Tuarua o te Kaihauturu ki te Kaihauturu. I te 22 o Noema 1970, i whakaekehia e nga hoia Potukara me nga kaitautoko o Guinea te whenua mai i Guinea Portuguese (inaianei ko Guinea-Bissau) i roto i te ngana ki te huri i te kawanatanga o te Perehitini Ahmed Sékou Touré me te whakangaro i nga toa a te PAIGC. Mo tana mahi ki te motu, i whakatairangahia ia ki te taumata o te Kapene i te 27 o Hui-tanguru 1971. I te tau 1973, i whakaingoatia ia hei rangatira mo te rohe whakahaere o Boké (i te raki o Guinea) ki te awhina i te nekehanga guerilla pro-whakaheke, African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) i te taha tata o Portugal Guinea. I te 10 o Mei 1975, i whakaingoatia ia hei kaiawhina mo te Tumuaki o te ope taua.