I have a question about this same thing, only I was going to start a new thread. Since this is the same scenario, I thought I would ask my question here because it involves the same incident.

Since Tessio is the traitor, and Clemenza and Tessio seemed to be inseparable, how did Clemenza feel about Tessio trying to have Mike killed? It is only logical that since both of them were unhappy with the decisions that Mike was making, that they must have discussed this with each other. Tessio must have informed Clemenza of his plans with Barzini, right? And yet, we see Clemenza assassinating those guys in the elevator along with the rest of the assassins that day. Even though Clemenza wasn't the "smartest" as Michael said, he certainly was the most loyal and that is something anyone would want over smarts in a friend. NO?

Does the book mention anything about Clemenza and Tessio during this time when Tessio decides to betray Mike?

~~ Lolly