Operation Chiffon

"The final solution is union. It is going to happen anyway. The historical train - Europe - determines that. Unionists will have to change. This island will be as one."

"I had all sorts of thoughts going through [my mind]. A concern that I was going against my own government and the Queen."

"Yes, I misled the prime minister so I misled the Queen as well. It was a hard and really very unpleasant thing to have on your conscience. I felt very alone."

"I’d like what I did to be remembered, I did think I’d brought peace to Northern Ireland."

"We were told he was a British government representative. We just took him at his word - that's what he was there for, he would represent the British government and therefore we were talking to the British government."

"It gave hope there was a possibility of a peace process through meaningful talks. I think he [Robert] did the right thing and he can claim to have been part of history."