"Rahim started to criticise the senior commanders in Dhaka, especially me, although I happened to be a friend of his. He was of the opinion that the Bengalis were timid people and should have been subdued long ago. The reader can judge for himself the ignorance and lack of understanding of the East Pakistan situation among the hawks in the armed forces."
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Major General (Retd.) Khadim Hussain Raja - A Stranger in my own Country. East Pakistan, 1969-1971-Oxford University Press (2012) page 96
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M. Rahim Khan
Mohammad Rahim Khan was a two star Pakistani military general, diplomat, and later civil servant who served as the 14th defence secretary of Pakistan from November 1980 to December 1981. Before the partition of the Indian subcontinent, he served in the British Indian Army twice in 1943 with the second appointment in 1951. General Rahim also remained CGS of Pakistan Army. He has also served as president of the National Defence College.
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