A regime which puts in a bunker the highest law in the land does not have the moral authority to say that nobody is above the law.

Yes, there are circumstances where a bloody suppression is justifiable and justified.

Tikka Khan was a soldier doing a soldier's job.

I would not let myself be intimidated by Yahya Khan, his methods had led us to disaster.

Even to get Yahya Khan to reason was an impossible task - it only made you lose your temper.

The same goes for the refugees. Mrs.[Indira] Gandhi says ten million. It's obvious she started with that figure in order to legalize her offensive and invade East Pakistan. But when we invited the United Nations to check, the Indians were opposed. Why were they opposed? If the figure were exact, they shouldn't have been afraid of its being verified.

Let's talk about the other story: the women raped and killed. I don't believe it. Certainly there was no lack of excesses, but General Tikka Khan says that in those months he often invited the population to report abuses to him directly.