Goldfinger Chapter Summary & Analysis - Thoughts in a D.B.III Summary

Thoughts in a D.B.III Summary

Smithers shows Bond out of the bank and Bond returns to report to M. After giving his report, M asks Bond if he has any ideas for getting close to Goldfinger. Bond suggests that he take Goldfinger up on his invitation to play golf and perhaps beat him. Goldfinger is the kind of person who only respects those he thinks might be smarter than he. Bond tells M he will use his Universal Export cover story.

M gives Bond some more information about Goldfinger. Just that day, M tells Bond, he has handled one of Goldfinger's gold bars with his Z mark. It was found in a safe in Tangier that belonged to a SMERSH operative. M tells Bond that 19 of Goldfinger's gold bars have been captured since the end of World War II, and all of them were taken from SMERSH agents. He speculates the Goldfinger may even...
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