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0:01Spira do you think that President Yahya
0:04should now hand over power to you I find
0:08it difficult to answer this question
0:09here I must return to Pakistan before I
0:13speak on it of course I will speak on
0:14this matter and the place is Pakistan do
0:19you think the time has now come for you
0:20to lead the country well I’ve been
0:22elected by the people let’s find someone
0:24else from Mars and that’s a different
0:25matter but as far as the people of
0:29Pakistan are concerned they have elected
0:30me as their chosen an undisputed leader
0:32a year ago but outside Pakistan you have
0:36said that this government has made some
0:37mistakes
0:38certainly what sort of mistake well
0:42coming to the present the the delay
0:47inordinate inexplicable delay in the
0:49transfer of power that I think has been
0:52a fatal blunder the bar should have been
0:54transferred much earlier to whom to us
0:57to the elected people elections were
0:59held and the results of the elections
1:04should have been implemented so that we
1:05could have sought a political settlement
1:07if military action was necessary to
1:10crush the secessionist I do not say that
1:12that should not have been taken every
1:14country takes that kind of action but it
1:16must be coupled as soon as possible with
1:19familiar with political action well
1:21finally there must be a political
1:23settlement what sort of a state is
1:24Pakistan in are using in in in bad state
1:29but we will come out of it I am full of
1:32hope and confidence we have already won
1:35a political victory in the General
1:36Assembly by having the whole world
1:38supporting our position and we will
1:42salvage the wreckage I am quite
1:44confident to it how would you resolve
1:47Pakistan’s new position after the war
1:49now first things first we must bring
1:53about some reforms some fundamental
1:55reforms give the poor people of Pakistan
1:58a better stake in their own country do
2:00you still regard Pakistan as one country
2:02mr. Poojah of course it is one country
2:04is that realistic absolutely realistic
2:07what are reality temporary phenomena are
2:11not realities the reality that studied
2:13in his
2:14and historically the concept of Pakistan
2:16the ideal of Pakistan cannot perish like
2:18this still don’t recognize that the what
2:21happened in East Pakistan is a an
2:24expression of popular feeling that they
2:26really do want to be separate no they
2:28wanted maximum autonomy and the line
2:31between maximum autonomy and cessation
2:33can be a thin one or it could made to
2:36appear to be a thin one how would you
2:38react to any governments that recognized
2:40you Bangladesh government a hostile act
2:43well the British people are a great
2:44people we have great admiration for the
2:46British people but I’m afraid the role
2:49of the government has been most partisan
2:51and and unfair towards Pakistan if I may
2:55say so quite bluntly and this is a long
2:59story I think you haven’t defended
3:00India’s action at the end well the
3:03Indian Indians were receiving missiles
3:05and arms right through the wall British
3:07factories were working night and day to
3:09provide little india pitted against a
3:11big pakistan with arms and weather just
3:14fulfilling existing contract
3:16yes contracts are fulfilled but
3:18contracts are broken also and in the
3:21history of diplomacy I don’t know how
3:23many contracts you fulfilled and how
3:24many you have not fulfilled on many
3:25occasions and we are too cynical to
3:28really talk in terms of a legal
3:30obligation and I can give you instances
3:33where legal obligations have been broken
3:34by Britain with impunity and that’s a
3:38different story but I think Britain
3:40thinks that well we divided the
3:42subcontinent
3:43perhaps a mistake and you’re trying to
3:46atone for it by taking this position but
3:49unfortunately tea is a very good thing
3:52but tea interests and all have got
3:54involved and jute interests have got
3:57involved and commercial interests have
3:58got involved but I don’t want to say
4:01very much more because we are in
4:02Christmastime and I wish the British
4:03people a Merry Christmas
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