Originally Posted By: Turnbull
It was both an anomaly (Michael, desperate to get Fredo out of Havana so he can find out more of what he knows, makes no effort to snatch him in America); and illogical as I said at the end of my post: Fredo, apparently deathly afraid of his brother, shows up on Michael's command, as if he were on 24-hour call).
I don't think that the "advance notice" warning meant that Fredo had been living at the compound at the time of the boathouse confrontation, and chased out only after that confrontation. I think Fredo had been living elsewhere out of fear until that point, which is why I don't understand why he suddenly showed up when summoned.


It was probably Tom who contacted Fredo on Mike's behalf and told him to come on home and that things would be okay. Tom couldn't read Mike's mind or know his real intentions. In any case, the invitation probably went out before Mike found out his butt was in a sling.

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