Lana, I admire your faith in Michael's brotherly concern for Fredo. But I don't share it. I don't think Michael loved anyone or anything except power. He just wanted to get everything from Fredo that he knew about Roth; once he got that in the boathouse meeting, Fredo was "nothing to me now."
I see it differently that there was genuine brotherly concern for Fredo's
safe passage out of Havana
Also Fredo was still living at Michael's house
- Fredo's boathouse outburst cast doubt on Fredo's claim that Fredo didn't know it was gonna be a hit
Hence Michael to Fredo
Fredo, you're nothing to me now you're not a brother, you're not a friend, I don't want to know you or what you do --
I don't want to see you at the hotels -- I don't want you near my house -- when you see our mother I want to know a day in advance, so I won't be there -- you understand
