Let's say if Fredo had
not said -
1. They [Senate committee] have got Pentangeli
2. Questadt belongs to Roth
thus
not revealing how deeply Fredo was involved with Roth and Ola, against Michael that Fredo withheld the said information because Fredo still wanted to harm Michael and try to send him to Prison -
- Would the outcome been any different?
- Michael may have given Fredo a pass even after Fredo's stepped over outburst [Michael still should have! no matter what]
After Michael learned that Pentangeli was alive, he asked Tom what Fredo knew. Tom said, "He says he knows nothing, and I believe him." Had Fredo stuck to that story--that he knew nothing--he would not have revealed how much vital information he was deliberately keeping from Michael, and thus how deeply he was involved with Ola and Roth.
But, Michael would not have given him a pass for two reasons: Fredo had betrayed him and nearly caused his and Kay's deaths; and, as a Don, he could never give a pass to a betrayer--even his own brother--lest he show weakness to enemies, and even friends. Had he let Fredo live, sooner rather than later some other foe of Michael's would have approached Fredo with another scheme to get what Fredo thought was his.
As for the outcome: Michael probably sent for Vincenzo the moment he heard that Pentangeli survived, and before he summoned Fredo.. He'd need as much time as possible to get Vincenzo from Sicily to America in 1959 - 60.
