Great thread TB.

I think there's no question that Tom had already been in touch with Fredo, and knew thatg he was in New York. It occurs to me that at that point it is possible that Tom was afraid that Michael would attack him if he told him that he and Fredo had been talking...

Tom - He got out. He is in New York. He called here and I told him to lay low until you got back.

Michael - You know what he did to me? You talked to him without first clearing it with me? You gave him instructions about what to do when you knew I was on the way back here? (pause) so tell me Tom what else have you not told me about?

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TB as for your thought that Michael would have flown from Miami in a newly minted passenger jet....I lived in the Miami area when they were introduced, and for about the first year of commercial jet travel the only Jet flights out of Miami were to New York and Chicago. San Juan was added in '59, and the rest followed. It is possible he took a jet to Chicago, but from there he would have had to take a prop plane to Vagas, with a couple of stops IMHO .