Why does Hailey leave napkins out when he interviews Malcolm X?

Alex Haley had put out napkins on the table for Malcolm to write his thoughts. He was free writing the thinks he knew from the past and the facts that he held with it. He wanted people to know the truth, therefore, there wasn't any use of rhetorical questions on the written napkin. He was open-minded and knew what he wanted to say by writing only the facts. Somehow, though he didn't believe in Alex Haley as much, he still showed a form of respect for him. He wrote a specific quote saying "If Christianity had asserted itself in Germany, six million Jews would have lived". That had me thinking maybe if Malcolm had achieved that specific goal, maybe he wouldn't have died. I believe that fate is everything. Meaning the smallest change that you could make or that of one indiscretion in you life could change you life forever. Everything that Malcolm had did, his fate is what led him to the tragedy that had taken place. To think about it more, what if Malcolm hadn't read that book in prison? What if he was still selling reefers, taking drugs and causing mischief on the streets of Harlem? What if the blacks and the white lived in harmony? There are so many decisions that people make in their lives that makes them into who they are in the future and with that comes a lot of obstacles. Malcolm left Alex Haley with one of the most important information written only on a piece of napkin.  What Alex is trying to convey in this Epilogue is to show and/or trace the last two years of Malcolm's life from Alex's point of view. There they emphasize of Malcolm's assassination. Think about it like this, what if Malcolm had not written anything on that piece of napkin?