Chapter 4, Risico, pages 102-121 Summary

James Bond meets Kristatos in a restaurant in Rome. Bond has never met him before, but Kristatos carries off the clandestine meeting like a pro. The two men are meeting for a dangerous mission.

One week prior, M is irritated that he must send Bond on this mission. The Prime Minister himself had to convince M that drug smuggling is a big enough problem to send his best agent into danger. M explains that large quantities of heroin are being smuggled into Britain through Italy. Bond's assignment is to go to Italy, track down the drug smuggling ring, and stop them. The American anti-drug agency works with a man named Kristatos, a smuggler who feeds them information. Kristatos is Bond's contact. Bond has up to two hundred thousand pounds to spend to stop the smuggling.

Bond promises...