
The second assignment for James Bond is to rescue and smuggle out of Istanbul a Russian agent, a beautiful woman in possession of the secret of the top-secret Lector encryption machine, and the machine itself. Into the easy going combination enters Spectra's hitherto unknown agent #1, Ernest Stavro Blofeld. His task is not only to escalate relations between Britain and the Soviet Union, to return the Lector to Russia for a large reward, but also to avenge the death of Dr. No by luring Bond into a clever trap.