November 22, 1980 Leftward in any Third World country. Mujib's murder achieved this aim. Lifschultz says:
Today the new military regime's orientation in Dacca is clearly towards the United States, the Islamic bloc as represented by America's ally Saudi Arabia, and towards China to a degree similar to that of Ayub Khan's regime in Pakistan during the 1960s, when Pakistan's relations with Peking were utilised as a counterforce to New Delhi.
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