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Chapter 1

           ActingoninstructionsfromDonCorleone,HagenhadtoldGofftoarrangeanappointmentonthenextdayforHagentocallonJackWoltz,thatheshouldhinttoWoltzthatifHagenwasnotmadehappybytheresultsoftheinterview,therecouldbealaborstrikeatthemoviestudio.AnhourlaterHagenreceivedacallfromGoff.TheappointmentwouldbeattenA.M.Woltzhadgottenthemessageaboutthepossiblelaborstrikebuthadn’tseemedtooimpressed,Goffsaid.Headded,"Ifitreallycomesdowntothat,IgottatalktotheDonmyself."

           "Ifitcomestothathe’lltalktoyou,"Hagensaid.Bysayingthisheavoidedmakinganypromises.HewasnotsurprisedthatGoffwassoagreeabletotheDon’swishes.Thefamilyempire,technically,didnotextendbeyondtheNewYorkareabutDonCorleonehadfirstbecomestrongbyhelpinglaborleaders.Manyofthemstillowedhimdebtsoffriendship.

           ButthetenA.M.appointmentwasabadsign.Itmeantthathewouldbefirstontheappointmentlist,thathewouldnotbeinvitedtolunch.ItmeantthatWoltzheldhiminsmallworth.Goffhadnotbeenthreateningenough,probablybecauseWoltzhadhimonhisgraftpayroll.AndsometimestheDon’ssuccessinkeepinghimselfoutofthelimelightworkedtothedisadvantageofthefamilybusiness,inthathisnamedidnotmeananythingtooutsidecircles.

           Hisanalysisprovedcorrect.Woltzkepthimwaitingforahalfhourpasttheappointedtime.Hagendidn’tmind.

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