I've known him since 1954 and I've never taken Mujib Rahiman seriously - I understood from the very first moment that there was no depth to him, no preparation, that he was an agitator breathing a lot of fire and with an absolute lack of ideas.

To conclude, the tragedy of March 25 [1969] caught me by surprise. Yahya Khan fooled even me.

Pakistan was once called the most allied ally of the United States. We are now the most non-allied.

If things do not change, there will be nothing left to change. Either power must pass to the people or everything will perish.

That Mujib [Rahiman] had been arrested I found out at eight in the morning, when I left. How did I take it? I was glad he was alive and I thought they might have maltreated him a little. Then I thought that his arrest might help to reach a compromise. They wouldn't keep him in prison more than a month or two, and in the meantime we'd be able to bring back law and order.

[Yahya Khan ] I have a big problem on my hands with him. I've set up a war commission to study the responsibilities inherent in the recent conflict.

Every government, every country, has the right to exercise force when necessary.