Dhaka, March 26 -- President Yahya Khan, accompanied by a powerful team of generals, economists and lawyers, arrived in Dhaka on 15 March.

The next day, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, accompanied by his own team comprising Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmed, Khondokar Moshtaq Ahmed, A.H.M Quamruzzaman and Dr. Kamal Hossain, met the President and his delegation at the President's House in circumstances that were vastly different from what they had been in December when Yahya Khan had spoken of Mujib as Pakistan's future Prime Minister. At this new meeting, the Awami League leadership went on the offensive, making it clear that the decision to postpone the session of the national assembly had been a mistake and aimed at depriving the Be...