TO:
007

FROM:
M

It seems that Le Chiffre – aka "The Number" – is alive and well, despite intelligence reports to the contrary. We know that he provides a global money-laundering service to terrorists – offering them cash anywhere, at any time, to fund their operations.

We now believe that he has been using his clients' money and these terrorist contacts to manipulate the stock market. Thanks to your efforts, he lost a great deal on his last transaction. He has set up a high stakes poker game at the Casino Royale in Montenegro in an attempt to make up his losses. We're sending you to disrupt his plans.

This is not a game, 007. We want you to stop him from winning but we need him alive. He can offer valuable information that we can use to penetrate and shut down terrorist activities worldwide.

The Treasury has agreed to stake you in the game and are sending one of their foreign liaison officers, Vesper Lynd, to accompany you. It will be her decision to release additional funds, if necessary. She will contact you on your way to Montenegro.

Once you arrive, you will rendezvous with our local contact, Renee Mathis. We have been informed of another player who recently joined the game at the last minute, Felix Leiter. His story seems in order but it would be wise to remain alert.

I will need your full report on the Solange affair before you depart. Please submit this to me before 0900 tomorrow.



Good luck,

M