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

Yahya Khan wasn't interested in the government of the country, he was interested in power for its own sake and nothing else.

Tikka Khan won't try to stick his nose in politics.

[Tikka Khan] went to East Pakistan with precise orders and came back by precise orders. He did what he was ordered to do, though he wasn't always in agreement, and I picked him because I know he'll follow my orders with the same discipline.

I am guiding you to seek truth from the facts of the historical conditions of our society and to identify the problems. The correct solutions will come with the correct identification of the problems.

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.

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