
Operation Chiffon
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'A gripping exploration of how MI5 and MI6 worked for a ceasefire with the IRA - and how one meeting changed everything' Telegraph
'An extraordinary story . . . A true tale of espionage' The Times
April 1998: the Good Friday Agreement is signed, ending decades of violence and bloodshed in Northern Ireland. The process of getting the IRA to end its so-called 'armed struggle' was always the prerequisite of the search for peace. It was Operation Chiffon that finally helped make it possible.
Operation Chiffon takes us inside the top-secret intelligence operation whose roots go back to the bloodiest years of the conflict in the early 1970s, involving officers from MI6 and, later in the 1990s, MI5. The remarkable story, which has remained hidden for forty years, is now revealed by legendary BBC journalist Peter Taylor with unique access to the officers involved. Drawing on exclusive interviews and Taylor's fifty years of covering the conflict, the book narrates in first-hand detail how those involved risked their careers - and their lives - to help secure the fragile peace that exists today.
Taylor vividly brings this covert operation to life and in the process chronicles the history of Sinn Féin, rising from obscurity in the early days of the Troubles to becoming the largest political party in Ireland today. It is a story fraught with uncertainty and danger that, as Brexit risks destabilising what was achieved in the Good Friday Agreement twenty-five years ago, is more important than ever to remember.
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- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Author's Note
- Acknowledgements
- Image Credits
- Introduction
- Part I
- 1 Finding Robert
- 2 Meeting Frank Steele
- 3 'Bloody Sunday' and Beyond
- 4 Face to Face with the Ira
- 5 Back to the War
- 6 Meeting Brendan Duddy
- 7 Meeting Martin McGuinness
- 8 Enter 'The Mountain Climber'
- 9 Sideshow
- 10 The Bamboo Pipe in Action
- 11 Negotiating with the Ira
- 12 Tit for Tat
- Part II
- 13 The Coup
- 14 The Second Front
- 15 'The Mountain Climber' Returns
- 16 The Final Showdown
- 17 The Rise of Sinn Féin
- 18 The Armalite and the Ballot Box
- 19 The Brighton Bomber
- 20 Stalemate
- 21 Big Changes
- Part III
- 22 Robert: the Third Man
- 23 Operation Chiffon
- 24 Brendan: a Terrifying Interrogation
- 25 Treading Water
- 26 Talks about Talks
- 27 Out on a Limb
- 28 Getting Ready
- 29 Robert Comes Clean
- 30 Peace Comes Dropping Slow
- 31 The Road to Good Friday
- 32 Endgame
- Epilogue: Funerals and a Final Farewell
- Appendix I: Death of a Suspected Informer
- Appendix II: Tribute to Brendan Duddy at His Requiem Mass
- Appendix III: A Difference of Opinion
- Timeline
- Notes
- Introduction
- 1 Finding Robert
- 2 Meeting Frank Steele
- 3 'Bloody Sunday' and Beyond
- 4 Face to Face with the IRA
- 5 Back to the War
- 6 Meeting Brendan Duddy
- 7 Meeting Martin McGuinness
- 8 Enter 'The Mountain Climber'
- 9 Sideshow
- 10 The Bamboo Pipe in Action
- 11 Negotiating with the IRA
- 12 Tit for Tat
- 13 The Coup
- 14 The Second Front
- 15 'The Mountain Climber' Returns
- 16 The Final Showdown
- 17 The Rise of Sinn Féin
- 18 The Armalite and the Ballot Box
- 19 The Brighton Bomber
- 20 Stalemate
- 21 Big Changes
- 22 Robert: the Third Man
- 23 Operation Chiffon
- 24 Brendan: a Terrifying Interrogation
- 25 Treading Water
- 26 Talks about Talks
- 27 Out on a Limb
- 28 Getting Ready
- 29 Robert Comes Clean
- 30 Peace Comes Dropping Slow
- 31 The Road to Good Friday
- 32 Endgame
- Epilogue: Funerals and a Final FarewellEpilogue: Funerals and a Final Farewell
- Bibliography
- Index
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