Soviet Hardliners implement A plot instead of OTL Gorbachev House Arrest&Failed Coup

POD: Due to concerns of the plan failing&creating A Figurehead or Martyr for Enemies to rally around.Soviet Hardliners decide against House Arrest for Gorbachev.A plan proposed by A Hardline Anonymous KGB operative is implemented instead.To prevent the destruction of the USSR&their Ideology,They decide that extreme measures are needed.Deep cover Soviet spies in the CIA&Oval Office are instructed to file official documents&orders for the Assassination of Gorbachev by the Order of the President of the US.
 
I don't think that would be possible. Even if spies that deap cover exist I doubt the President seeming to order the killing would result in anything but his impeachment.
 
I thought of this POD after reading this quote on the Net: "If he must be A Martyr, Then let him be OUR Martyr, For OUR cause." The quote had no connection to the OTL history of the failed coup AFIK,But it made me think about what people do when driven by Fear&Desperation.The truth can be subjective or hard to discern when tangled with Propaganda&Spin so I thought,What if the Hardliners got the American Govt&its Agencies to do their dirty work&then take the fall for them when documents leak to the Press?
 
But how on earth would they arrange for the americans to do it. I think that even hd the President himself was a soviet agent it still could not be done.
 
The Hardliners OTL really wanted Gorbachev gone but went with the sickness story that got debunked.They didnt want to deal with the Public Reaction of his Imprisonment or even his Death.They were hoping for A quiet bloodless Coup behind the scenes to change who would be at the helm without A fuss.This POD deals with them knowing they can not get away with that plan.So knowing that they need to kill him,They find A way to avoid any blame&use the public outcry at the same time to gain popular support.
 
Ah thats all down to the Wonders&Horrors of Bureacracy :D If youve got the right official forms (Sadly usually in triplicate ^_^" ) anything is possible! (After massive drawn out delays ^_^" ) Its likely A Black Ops Wetwork Job like this would use an expendable freelancer anyway.Even if the right forms/authourisations went through proving it was the US Govt,There would end up being A patsy thrown to the wolves to protect the President.The incriminating paper/money trail&scandal is what would raise hell.
 
I think this plan would fall apart when the head of the CIA calls the president and asks if he's serious about the whole murder Gorby thing.
 
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