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

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

The fact is that when you talk about Mujib [Rahiman], everything seems so incredible. I don't understand how the world can take him seriously.

There's only one man really responsible for those events - Yahya Khan. Both he and his advisers were so drunk with power and corruption they'd even forgotten the honor of the army.

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

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