"If your idea is correct then they were out and out lying and I do not for a minute think that is the case. The 483 issues will go to the end of the year only because there is no need to get them done sooner."
Lying is a big word but hiding the truth definitely is befitting because, otherwise, why did they not tell us about the 483 issues back in February when they knew about them? They only told us after the CR letter because they had to at that point...
As for the 483 issues being so minor, if that were the case why did they not resolve these "minor" issues by May since they knew about them back in February? I do not think the 483 issues were a show stopper, but I suspect that even under the best of circumstances they would not have been resolved before the end of the year when you account for the additional 6 months that the FDA will require for re-inspection...