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I don't think we have Cov(XZ, Y) = E(D(1-D))V(Y) with my construction. The covariance is positive (and equal to $m_1$ V(Y)) but small enough to ensure the final inequality.
Amazing! I very much doubt I would have found the answer by myself, even though I did look at Latala's paper on Royen's proof. So this was extremely useful :-) (Note: because I am new on this forum, my upvote does not appear yet)