From Russia With Love (James Bond 007)

Exactly one minute, 52 seconds. That's excellent.

Check.

knight takes bishop.

king to rook 2.

Queen to king 4.

My congratulations, sir. A brilliant coup.

Siamese fighting fish. Fascinating creatures.

Brave, but on the whole, stupid.

Yes, they are stupid.

Except for the occasional one such as we have here...

...who lets the other two fight...

...while he waits.

Waits until the survivor is so exhausted...

...he cannot defend himself.

And then, like SPECTRE...

...he strikes.

l find the parallel amusing.

Our organization did not arrange for you to come over...

...from the Russians just for amusement, Number 3.

Come in, kronsteen.

Sit down, Number 3, while we listen...

...to what Number 5 has devised for us.

l hope kronsteen's efforts as Director of Planning...

...will continue to be as successful as his chess.

They will be.

According to your instructions, l've planned for SPECTRE...

...to steal from the Russians their new Lektor decoding machine.

For this, we need the services of a female member...

...of the Russian Cryptograph Section in Turkey...

...and the help of the British Secret Service.

Naturally, neither the Russians nor the British will be aware...

...that they are working for us.

Number 3, is your section ready to carry out kronsteen's directives?

Yes, Number 1 . The operation will be organized...

...according to kronsteen's plan.

l have selected a suitable girl from the Russian Consulate in lstanbul.

She's capable, cooperative...

...and her loyalty to the state is beyond question.

You're absolutely sure she believes you're still...

...Head of Operations for Soviet lntelligence?

lt is most unlikely she would know l am now working for SPECTRE.

Moscow has kept my defection secret from everyone...

...but a few members of the Presidium.

For your sake, l hope so.

kronsteen, you are sure this plan is foolproof?

Yes, it is. l have anticipated every possible variation...

...of countermove.

What makes you think that M, the head of British lntelligence...

...will oblige you by falling in with your plan?

Simply because this is so obviously a trap.

My reading of the British mentality...

...is that they always treat a trap as a challenge.

ln any case, they couldn't possibly pass up the slightest chance...

...of getting their hands on the Lektor decoder.

They have wanted one for years.

All you say could be true. What else?

As an added refinement, SPECTRE will probably have the chance...

...of a personal revenge for the killing of our operative Dr. No.

The man the British will almost certainly use...

...on a mission of this sort would be their agent James Bond.

Let his death be...

...a particularly unpleasant and humiliating one.

Good. l shall put my plan into operation straightaway.

There will be no failure.

Hurry.

Welcome to SPECTRE lsland.

lt's a great honor. l hope you had a pleasant flight.

My time is limited. ls the man l requested ready?

-His dossier. -Good.

''Donald Grant, convicted murderer.

Escaped Dartmoor Prison in 1 960.

Recruited in Tangier, 1 962.''

Excellent. Where is he now?

-At the lake. -Bring him to my office.

Take me to the lake.

Through the training area.

Grant is one of the best.

A homicidal paranoiac. Superb material.

Though his methods were a little crude...

...his response to our training and indoctrination have been remarkable.

l hope our work here meets with your approval.

Training is useful, but there is no substitute for experience.

l agree. We use live targets as well.

-Call him. -Grant!

He seems fit enough. Have him report to me in lstanbul in 2 4 hours.

Corporal of State Security, Tatiana Romanova.

Come in.

You know who l am?

Colonel klebb, Head of Operations for Smersh.

l saw you once in Moscow...

...when l worked for the English decoding room.

Did you tell anyone at the consulate you were coming here?

-No, the message said-- -l know.

l sent it.

Your work record is excellent. The State is proud of you.

-Thank you, Comrade Colonel. -Take off your jacket.

Turn around.

You're a fine-looking girl. Sit down.

You trained for the ballet.

But l grew an inch over the regulation height.

You have had three lovers?

What is the purpose of such an intimate question?

You are not here to ask questions! You forget to whom you are speaking!

-l was in love. -lf you were not in love?

l suppose that would depend on the man.

Sensible answer. This man, for instance.

l cannot tell. Perhaps if he was kind and kulturny.

Corporal, l have selected you for a most important assignment.

lts purpose is to give false information to the enemy.

lf you complete it successfully, you will be promoted.

From now on, you will do anything he says.

-And if l refuse? -You will not leave this room alive.

-l will obey your orders. -Good. These are your instructions.

You report to me here...

...but the consulate security man must not know l'm in lstanbul.

This is classified far above his level.

-l will say nothing. -lf you do, you will be shot!

Come, come, my dear.

You are very fortunate to have been chosen...

...for such a simple, delightful duty.

A real labor of love...

...as we say.

-Great sport, this. -What did you say?

l said it's a great sport, this punting.

l couldn't agree with him more.

-l may even give up golf for it. -Really?

Not quite.

Souvenir from another jealous woman?

Yes, but l haven't turned my back on one since.

-Excuse me. -What?

-Give me my shirt. -What's going on?

-l have to make a phone call. -But we haven't eaten yet.

l'm starving.

Come in, Univex. James Bond here. Over.

He's been asking for you all morning. Where in the world are you?

l've just been reviewing an old case.

-l'm an ''old case'' now? -lt's the office.

-Tell him l'm on my way. -He is not on his way.

Sylvia, behave. We'll do this again some other time.

Do what? Last time you said that, you went off to Jamaica.

l haven't seen you for six months.

-l'll be there in an hour. -I'll tell him.

Hey, your ''old case'' sounds interesting, James.

Make that an hour and a half.

Now, about that lunch....

For my next miracle, l--

lt will be a miracle if he can explain where he's been all day.

But l've never even heard of a Tatiana Romanova.

-Ridiculous, isn't it? -lt's absolutely crazy.

Girls do fall in love with pictures of film stars.

But not a Russian cipher clerk...

...with a file photo of a British agent.

Unless she's mental. No, it's some sort of trap.

Obviously it's a trap.

And the bait is a cipher machine, a brand-new Lektor.

A Lektor, no less. The ClA has been after one for years.

So have we.

When she contacted k erim Bey, head of Station T, Turkey...

...and told him she wanted to defect...

...she said she'd turn it over to us, on one condition:

That you went to lstanbul...

...and brought her and the machine back to England.

Here's a snapshot k erim managed to get of her.

l don't know too much about cryptography, sir...

...but a Lektor could decode their top-secret signals.

The whole thing's so fantastic, it just could be true.

That had occurred to me.

The Russians haven't been up to any tricks lately.

Well, l'm not too busy at the moment, sir.

You're booked on the 8:30 plane in the morning.

lf there's any chance of us getting a Lektor, we must look into it.

Suppose when she meets me...

...l don't come up to expectations?

Just see that you do.

Miss Moneypenny, ask the equipment officer to come in.

Q Branch has put together a smart-looking piece of luggage.

We're issuing this to all double-0 personnel.

An ordinary black, leather case...

...with 20 rounds of ammunition here and here.

lf you take the top off, you'll find the ammunition inside.

ln the side here, a flat throwing knife.

Press that button there, and out she comes.

lnside the case, you'll find an AR-7 folding sniper's rifle.

lt's .25 caliber with an infrared telescopic sight.

lf you pull out these straps, inside are 50 gold sovereigns.

Twenty-five in either side.

Watch very carefully.

An ordinary tin of talcum powder. lnside, a tear gas cartridge.

That goes in the case against the side like that.

lt's magnetized, so it won't fall.

Shut the case.

Normally, to open a case like that...

...you move the catches to the side.

lf you do, the cartridge will explode in your face.

Now, to stop the cartridge exploding...

...turn the catches horizontally, like that...

...then open normally.

You try it.

-Turn the catches like that... -That's right.

...and open ordinarily.