"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."
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At the March 1993 meeting hosted at the home of peace activist and trusted contact as recorded in the minutes by . was the other person present the leadership of the PIRA and Sinn Fein with Kelly. McGuinness understood Robert to be the authorized "British Government Representative" and that his words here represented the views of the British Government.
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Operation Chiffon
Operation Chiffon was the code name the British Intelligence service gave to secret communications with the (PIRA) in 1991 as a means of exploring and bringing to and end of . A meeting in March 1993 that was not authorized by MI5 may have been instrumental in leading to ceasefire that led to the .
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