The obvious one was to delay the actual murder of Fredo until after the death of his mother. Coppola thus managed a visual language capable of redeeming the tragic protagonist at precisely the same moments that his damnation is most glaringly self-evident.
But he was absolutely against Michael ordering his own brother to be killed. It was a stalemate for a while, as nothing would happen unless we both agreed. They later talk and Fredo reveals that he resents how he was passed over and has to take orders from his little brother. Michael then decides to wait for their mother to die to have his brother killed.
He claims to be all about the family, but then makes the ultimate move to destroy it. The author thought if Michael did it before then he would be unforgivable to the audience.
So I for myself believe his pleading. I don't think he ever intended Michael to be hurt or the family as a whole, even if he maybe wanted to make a little advantage behind his back. This just wouldn't fit to his character as depicted, I think. But this is all just my own impression without much substantial proof and without providing much information of what exactly he told Roth then and I admit I haven't seen it for quite some time.
Fredo later betrays Michael when approached by Johnny Ola Dominic Chianese , an agent of rival gangster Hyman Roth Lee Strasberg , during the negotiation of a business deal between Roth's organization and the Corleone family. Ola and Roth claim that Michael is being particularly difficult in the negotiations, and Fredo secretly agrees to aid them in exchange for compensation; the film never reveals what specific assistance Fredo provides Ola and Roth against Michael, or what he receives in return.
In any event, Roth's men use this information to make an attempt on Michael's life at Michael's home. While in Havana negotiating with Roth, Michael realizes that Fredo is the family traitor he had been looking for. Despite twice telling Michael that he had never met Ola, Fredo drunkenly lets slip that they had met in Havana earlier that year. Michael confronts Fredo later, giving him the kiss of death and telling him, "I know it was you, Fredo.
You broke my heart. You broke my heart! He is eventually tracked down and convinced to return home. In the original script Hagen says Fredo thought it was going to be just a kidnapping, giving background to why Fredo says "not a hit" in the completed film. I know he's scared, but have one of our people reach him. Assure him that there will be no reprisals. Tell him that I know Roth misled him. Roth assured him nothing would happen to you.
Fredo was the Underboss. Number 2. Fredo is naive and stupid. But, he is a mobster and make no mistake about it, he is very greedy and gets pushed around by everyone - Moe Greene, Sunny, Michael, his alcoholic wife, etc.
Fredo was in on the hit. He had to be. How did Fredo know about the plan to have Senate Subcommittee nail Michael for perjury, if those details weren't shared by Roth and Ola? If Roth and Ola were comfortable sharing that information with Fredo, then they were comfortable knowing they had Fredo's trust. Sorry folks, but Fredo tried to have his own brother killed and got what he had coming to him.
Films draw a lot of analogies with Roman Empire and this is how the Romans did it. Well, it could be said that he warned Johnny Ola that an attempt was going to be made on Hyman Roth in Cuba, which would explain the guards catching the assassin in the act. Secondly, it could be argued that Fredo left the blinds open in Michael's room, to help out the assassins spot Michael, although naive Fredo didn't think they were going to try and kill him "just scare him". He would have given Johnny uncle junior Ola details on the family business as well including Michael's comings and goings.
Michael warned Fredo in the first film not to side against the family so his death was inevitable. In the Godfather part two there is a scene showing Fredo being sick as a child possibly eluding to his abnormalities.
Being a liability, he was ultimately sent to early Las Vegas and kept in the dark about the family business.
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