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

[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.

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

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

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

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

If the people wanted my head I would bow without demur. If I had lost the confidence or respect of the people I would not want to live. The tragedy of the drama is that the very opposite is true.