Well, this is kind of peripheral to my claim, and doesn't contradict it either way, but I'd be interested in seeing a specific quotation from Fleischmann recorded at the time that supports this. So far, the only thing you've actually cited was an account given years later.
The account was given by Caldwell to Beaudette years later, but it was correct. Fleischmann told me that is what he said. Plus I have many letters and other comments from him that confirm he did not want to do the press conference. He wanted to keep the research secret. See his letters to Miles, for example:
http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/Fleischmanlettersfroa.pdf
These letters were not written for publication. He was not trying to fool you.
More to the point, the date at which the conversation with Caldwell was revealed is irrelevant. Unless you attended the press conference and physics conference, and unless you subscribed to a clipping service, all of the information that you have about cold fusion was also given years later. Most did not come out until Mallove published. You could not have read Fleischmann's letters until I uploaded them, a few weeks ago. Miles and I read them when they were written. Does that mean our knowledge is correct because we read them back then, but you are wrong because you are reading them now? How can the date you read something affect the veracity? Please explain!