yes, as far as we can tell it seems like original paul did not want to go along with the lsd/psychedelic agenda and so they had him offed and replaced with faul, who is rumored to be a bastard son of aleister crowley.  you can see in this very early faul interview how he blatantly pushes lsd propaganda, while also generally doing a very bad job of impersonating paul, and coming across with a completely different, arrogant and fake personality. look at any interview of paul from summer 1966 or earlier and its obviously a different man -- very humble, easygoing, genuine, and charismatic in comparison.  but yes, it does seem like the entire original group was groomed for the position early on, most likely while they were away from england and working the club scene in germany.
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