[7] The violence of the Mongoose Gang and the Grenadian police became a more important factor than the state of the economy in generating unrest.
[8] MI5 intelligence reports at the time referred to the Gang as being "ruthless", and "an un-uniformed and undisciplined body ... many of them have criminal records".
However, the elections were marred by fraud (and branded fraudulent by international observers), as the Mongoose Gang had been threatening the opposition.
[17] In fact, it was Gairy himself who got jobs for a number of men and women on the mongoose-eradication project in the 1950s when he was a representative of the Colony of Grenada's Legislative Council.
For Gairy's part, in a 1984 interview with New York magazine, he denied employing thugs or any kind of secret police.