Upon Hagens return, the family meets with Virgil The Turk Sollozzo , who is being backed by the rival Tattaglia family. He asks Don Corleone for financing, and political and legal protection for importing and distributing heroin. Despite the huge profit to be made, Corleone refuses, explaining that his political influence would be jeopardized by a move into the narcotics trade. The Dons eldest son, hotheaded Sonny , who had earlier urged the family to enter into the narcotics trade, breaks ranks during the meeting and questions Sollozzos assurances as to the Corleone Familys investment being guaranteed by the Tattaglia Family. His father, angry at Sonnys dissension in a non-family members presence, privately rebukes him later. Don Corleone then dispatches Luca Brasi to infiltrate Sollozzos organization and report back with information. During the meeting, whilst Brasi is bent over to allow Bruno Tattaglia to light his cigarette, he is stabbed in his hand to prevent him from defending himself, and is subsequently garroted by an assasin.
Soon after his meeting with Sollozzo, Don Corleone is gunned down in an assassination attempt, and it is not immediately known whether he has survived. Sollozzo abducts Tom Hagen and persuades him to offer Sonny the deal previously offered to his father. Enraged, Sonny refuses to consider it and issues an ultimatum to the Tattaglias turn over Sollozzo or face war. They refuse, and instead send Sonny a Sicilian message, in the form of a fresh fish wrapped in Luca Brasis bullet-proof vest, to tell the Corleones that Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.
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