Originally posted by Sicilian Babe:
If Michael cared so little about Fredo's death, as you describe, then why would he care if he got out of Havana? Why not just leave him behind, and hope that maybe the rebels would do his dirty work for him? I think that the fact that he tried to get Fredo out shows that he was undecided at that moment.
Because Michael knew that he needed to find out more information from Fredo. Therefore Fredo had to remain unharmed until he could get any and all information that Fredo had. The boathouse conversation was the last resort to extract information from Fredo, and at the end of that conversation Mike knew that he had gotten all that he was going to get from Fredo.
Don Cardi
