[Yahya Khan ] had given me an appointment for the following day. And, days later, General Mohd Umar revealed to me that he'd resorted to this stratagem so that I'd stay in Dacca and "see the efficiency of the army." I give you my word of honor that all this is true.

We(Pakistan) will eat grass, even go hungry, but we will get one of our own (Atom bomb).... We have no other choice!

For instance, in the name of unity. You can't build without destroying.

I'm not trying to minimize things; I'm trying to bring them back to reality.

We know who left the country. And many were Bengalis from West Bengal, sent from Calcutta. It was she who sent them - Mrs.[Indira] Gandhi.

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

I tried to explain that there was a great difference between me and Mujib [Rahiman]: he was a secessionist and I wasn't.