January 1971

January 1: 

• Mujib wants Six Points as the basis for a new constitution and autonomy for East Pakistan.

January 3:

• Awami League called a meeting at the Racecourse ground (Shurwardi Udyan) to mark its overwhelming victory.
  

January 8:

• President Yahiya Khan arrived in Dhaka to meet Mujib to discuss issues. He mentions Mujib as “the next Prime Minister of Pakistan”.

January 11:

• Awami League alone competent to form Central Government – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

January 14:

• US Ambassador call on Bhutto:

“Bhutto said first job was to write constitution, and he would try to work it out with Mujib. He did not know whether Mujib would follow “taking it or leave it” posture on Six Points, but in any event there should be agreement on very major degree of autonomy for each province. (Bhutto told Canadian Hicomer that he would hold out for a general legislature if Mujib insisted on Six-Point formula.)”

• Yahya affirms desire for early transfer of power. Mujib Future Prime Minister – President Yahya Khan’s statement at Dacca. 

January 29: 

• The dialogue (with Mujib) should continue -Bhutto in Dacca 

Source: Bangladesh Genocide Archive