Tomorrow Never Dies Page #7

EXT. MI-6 LONDON - DAY

The DB-5 drives past the guard.

INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY

Debriefing:
Bond, M, and several others listen as NATO COLONEL

DOMINIQUE EVERHART, (early 30's, Belgian,) refers to video clips from

the Khyber Pass sequence:

COL. DOMINIQUE EVERHART

To sum up:
After analyzing the tire

inflation of the fork-lift in the MI-6

video tape, NATO believes the "red

box contains approximately eighty

kilograms of U235 weapons grade

uranium - an incredibly hard,

incredibly heavy, incredibly lethal

substance.

M:

And that's enough enriched uranium to

produce how many nuclear devices?

COL. DQMINIQUE EVERHART

Depending on the builder's sophistication

- one crude bomb that could devastate

London, Paris, New York, Berlin - or all

four if they have the latest technology.

There's a pregnant pause in the room.

M:

And the participants?

COL. DOMINIQUE EVERHART

(pointing at the screen)

Kim Dae Yung. Moscow-trained North

Korean nuclear weapons specialist;

apparently fell out of favor with the

current North Korean regime after a

botched attempt to steal fissionable

material from a British light-water

reactor in South Africa - an accident

that left him entirely hairless...

Another face appears on the screen:

COL. DOMINIQUE EVERHART (cont'd)

And Rendera Sikrahm, also known as

Richard Stamper. Freelance mercenary,

Laos and Cambodia. His father was

from Nepal - a Ghurka warrior - con-

scripted by the British government to

fight in China during World War II -

after which the family settled in

Hong Kong, where the young Stamper

was undoubtedly treated like a second

class citizen by both the Hong Kong

Chinese, and local British.

(beat, aside:
)

We've all read about the signs at the

British swimming pools in Hong Kong

that said "No Ghurka's allowed."

BOND:

Nothing like a little imperialism to

promote loyalty among the faithful.

COL. DOMINIQUE EVERHART

(stifles a smile, then:)

In conclusion:
Both these men have a

vendetta against the world. They are

nuclear armed, and dangerous. And

having failed to get the UZ35 through

the old opium route - the Khyber Pass

- it's NATO's belief that their next

attempt will be through Bulgaria -

where the NATO Nuclear Strike Force

will be there to stop them.

M:

Thank you Colonel Everhart.

(stands, turns to:)

007, I'd like to see you in my office.

Why don't you and the Colonel exchange

numbers if you need more information?

BOND:

Yes, M.

M exits. Bond approaches Dominique. She smiles, warmly. There's a

mutual attraction - but there's something else going on, unspoken.

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