[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.

[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.

A regime which puts in a bunker the highest law in the land does not have the moral authority to say that nobody is above the law.

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

[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.

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

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