a 'kitchen cabinet" described in the Fanulia Manual From the following positions listed as permanent Familia offices, one can understand the ramifications of this execu tive system Faecatnx Arboris-in charge of the breeding index Mater Cogsta Vera--HI charge of the truthsayers Mater Arabafchtaz-in charge of the ambassador! al service and the embassies Mater Peeuniam Collocate-in charge of the HivestmeBt portfolios (also, usually the chief negotiator with CHOAM) Mater Praefeeta Aerariae-m charge of the finances Procaratnx-in charge of concubinage and ar ranged marriages Speculatnx-m charge of the espionage system DocUtix Vocis-in charge of Voice use in po litical situations also use of "sealed tongue commands and ' embedded' commands Mater Salsa-m charge of the melange supply and procurement Recordato Vitae-m charge of the Reverend Mother memory transference records Mater Magna-in charge of the Mother House Mater Minima-m charge of the chapter houses The officers of the Familia reported directly to and received orders directly from the Matres Executnce The Familia apparently functioned efficiently for millennia until Leto II, in 11295, dissolved the Mother House This was ihe final of three actions he took to cnpple the political activities of the Bene Gessent-the first being his seizure of the breeding indices in.