Operation Chiffon: The Secret Story of MI5 and MI6 and the Road to Peace in Ireland

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Boris Johnson is to be questioned on why he took an “insane” ten-day holiday a month before the first lockdown, amid claims that he wanted time out to finish his biography of Shakespeare. In his new book, Operation Chiffon , veteran BBC reporter Peter Taylor reveals the full story of the pivotal role played by a triumvirate of intelligence officers from the Security Service, MI5 , and the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), popularly known as MI6, in preparing the way for peace in Ireland. In light of how high the human and political stakes were , it is unsurprising to discover that Operation Chiffon is a compelling, exhilarating historical account. Trusted by all sides in the conflict as an objective journalist, Taylor succeeded in gaining an entrée into each sectarian camp, acquiring unique access to leading political and paramilitary figures. Notably, Operation Chiffon closes the circle on this series of monographs, concomitantly filling a lacuna in the history of Northern Irish affairs.Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. The Covid inquiry was told this week that Johnson spent over a week at the government retreat of Chevening in mid-February 2020. The wind was gusty, the rain driving, and Bournemouth had used its elements to find an equaliser and further their hopes of continuing in the Carabao Cup. In one instance, readers are treated to the image of a hardened IRA man assisting Brendan Duddy carry buckets of peat for the fire in his “wee room ”, whilst secret negotiations between “the mountain climber” and a delegation from the IRA take place elsewhere in Duddy’s house. The former first minister was challenged over reports that she destroyed communications that have been requested by the investigation.

With a shortfall of bed spaces for students unlikely to be solved any time soon, analysts felt that Britain’s biggest. The publication of Operation Chiffon serves not only to spotlight the hitherto underappreciated clandestine work of Britain’s secret servants, but also casts an interesting sidelight on other British institutions involved in the conflict.An energetic, garrulous and resilient man, he faced a number of harrowing interrogations on occasions when the IRA suspected his motives. In Nov ember 1993, eight months after his unauthorised meeting with McGuinness and Kelly, “Robert” was obliged to resign from MI5. Aside from a few specialist agencies, little appears to have been done within the UK military-intelligence machine to fundamentally comprehend the “Northern Irish Question ” . British citizens were among more than 400 people who left Gaza via Rafah today, the first time the crossing had been opened for. Robert’ s” rogue elephant actions in Ulster the previous year would therefore have come at a very delicate time for British Intelligence, along with those from the Civil Service and government indoctrinated into the magic circle of the secret state.