Chapter 2, Dossier for M; Chapter 3, Number 007 Summary

Chapter 2 begins two weeks before Chapter 1. The chapter gives details on the background of Le Chiffre, the main antagonist of the novel. "M" is the head of the British Secret Service, Bond's boss. He receives a dossier from "S" compiled by the Archivist.

Le Chiffre is also know as Monsieur Le Chifire, "The Number," "Heir Mummer," and "Herr Ziffer." He is one of the chief agents for the USSR in France. This makes him a major opponent of the British and other NATO forces such as the Unites States and France. He controls a trade union and other business interests in the French town of Alsace. The dossier determines his degenerate habits are his weakness. One of his mistresses is a British Agent named 1860.

Le Chiffre is close to a financial crisis. He...