I think Paul wanted to kill Gotti but knew it would have brought more heat to him. Remember this was during the Commission case. However it’s true that Paul was planning to break Gotti down to a soldier and reassigning the Bergin crew to others crews. Gotti would have been finished if that happened. That’s why he desperately needed Frank Decicco and Sammy To help him otherwise he would have never been able to pull off the hit