Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the Foreign Minister of Pakistan at the time, was leading his country’s delegation at the 1963 session. Mrs Pandit had known his father, Shah Nawaz Bhutto. But the young Bhutto was cast in a different mould. He was a product of Berkeley and Oxford, a fine debater, abrasive, arrogant and sartorially striking. He had a passion for beautiful women, most of whom fell for him. He was an outstanding Foreign Minister who outwitted us in weaning China away from the US without annoying the US. In his speech, he made a blistering and venomous attack on India. On the issue of
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