While Bond explains the rules of baccarat, Leiter explains Bond's mission: to defeat SMERSH operative Le Chiffre at baccarat and force his Soviet spymasters to 'retire' him.īond then encounters a former lover and French agent of the Deuxième Bureau, Valerie Mathis, who is Le Chiffre's current girlfriend.
'No, I’m the guy they missed!' ― Clarence Leiter and James Bond Īs soon as he arrives at Casino Royale, Bond narrowly survives an assassination attempt and pairs up with his contact, British Intelligence officer Clarence Leiter, who remembers 'Card Sense Jimmy Bond' from when he played the Maharajah of Deauville.
