[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.

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

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

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

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

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

To build a country, [Joseph] Stalin was obliged to use force and kill. Mao Tse-tung was obliged to use force and kill. To mention only two recent cases, without raking over the whole history of the world.