 The unscheduled meeting had been arranged that morning by Buchanan over the telephone.The meeting began at about 2.10 pm inside the office of Garda Chief Superintendent John Nolan, where they had drawn up plans for "Operation Amazing", the codename for a co-ordinated effort between the RUC and Gardaí against suspected cross-border Provisional IRA smuggling operations allegedly directed by Thomas 'Slab' Murphy .Breen was also due to meet with Customs and Excise officials the following morning.