James Bond (literary character) the name James Secretan as Bond's cover name while on missions. Bond's number—007—was assigned by Fleming in reference to one of British naval intelligence's key achievements of World War I: the breaking of the German diplomatic code. One of the German documents cracked and read by the British was the Zimmermann Telegram, which was coded 0075, and which was one of the factors that led to the US entering the war. Facially, Bond resembles the composer, singer and actor Hoagy Carmichael. In "Casino Royale" Vesper Lynd remarks, "Bond reminds me rather of Hoagy Carmichael, but there is something cold and
Vesper Lynd a final gesture, she kisses Bond's hands to clear him of guilt; she then commits suicide by opening her mouth and drowning herself. Bond finally extricates her and tries to revive her using CPR, to no avail. As in the novel, Bond copes with his lover's death by renouncing her, saying "The job's done and the bitch is dead." M chastises him, assuming that Vesper had cut a deal with her blackmailers to spare him in return for the money as well the fact her boyfriend was kidnapped by the Organisation Le Chiffre was associated with. When Bond opens Vesper's