That's the spin of those two observers. But there was a lot to more to the actual chain of events at the time. And lo and behold, the fact of two guys stating

That's the spin of those two observers. But there was a lot to more to the actual chain of events at the time. And lo and behold, the fact of two guys stating a certain narrative about those events (then embellished up a bit by the publications quoting them) does not make it so. Even the article you're citing about Arahamiya's version of events isn't so clear-cut about the matter (it says Boris's advice was but one factor among many) as you're making it out to be.