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

Mujib [Rahman] talks at random, depending on his mood and the disorders of his sick mind.

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

Lets build a monument for the veto. Lets build a monument for impotence and incapacity.

[Mujib Rahman] is mad, mad! And they're all mad, the press included, who repeat after him, "Three million dead, three million dead!" The Indians had let out the figure of one million. He came along and doubled it. Then tripled it. It's a characteristic of the man - he'd done the same for the hurricane.

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.

[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.