Word: pisani
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...offensive against the Reds was led by a rugged, fiery Corsican, Pierre Ferri-Pisani, now 50. He and Brown had met in-Marseille, become friends. With Brown's help, Ferri-Pisani found "men brave enough," went to Communist headquarters in Marseille and delivered an ultimatum: "If there is any trouble on the docks, we will not bother with the men you send to cause it. No, within 48 hours we will ask you to pay personally." Red bosses ran for police protection. The first Communist who tried to fire Ferri-Pisani's men was chucked into the harbor...
...Communist campaign boomeranged completely. U.S. arms were unloaded at European ports. Says Ferri-Pisani: "Brown was decisive. He was the only one to back us before we even had a union...