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           Whenthelawyertriedtokeepthislistdown,apologizingfortheexpense,VitoCorleonereassuredhim."No;no,"hesaid."Geteveryoneoniteveniftheycan’thelpusrightnow.IbelieveinfriendshipandIamwillingtoshowmyfriendshipfirst."

           AstimewentbytheCorleoneempirebecamelarger,moretruckswereadded,the"sheet"grewlonger.AlsothemenworkingdirectlyforTessioandClemenzagrewinnumber.Thewholethingwasbecomingunwieldy.FinallyVitoCorleoneworkedoutasystemoforganization.HegaveClemenzaandTessioeachthetitleofCaporegime,orcaptain,andthemenwhoworkedbeneaththemtherankofsoldier.HenamedGencoAbbandandohiscounselor,orConsigliere.Heputlayersofinsulationbetweenhimselfandanyoperationalact.WhenhegaveanorderitwastoGencoortooneofthecaporegimesalone.Rarelydidhehaveawitnesstoanyorderhegaveanyparticularoneofthem.ThenhesplitTessio’sgroupandmadeitresponsibleforBrooklyn.HealsosplitTessioofffromClemenzaandmadeitclearovertheyearsthathedidnotwantthetwomentoassociateevensociallyexceptwhenabsolutelynecessary.HeexplainedthistothemoreintelligentTessio,whocaughthisdriftimmediately,thoughVitoexplaineditasasecuritymeasureagainstthelaw.TessiounderstoodthatVitodidnotwanthistwocaporegimestohaveanyopportunitytoconspireagainsthimandhealsounderstoodtherewasnoillwillinvolved,merelyatacticalprecaution.