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[wendy54]

I just saw the movie again...it answered some questions I had, but now I am confused as to the business with the account number....During the torture scene, Le Chiffre tells Bond that Vesper is going to give (or already has given) him the account number and all he needs is the password. I was under the impression at first that the bank account could be chosen at any time...but if that were true, then Le Chiffre's comment about Vesper giving the account number makes no sense....Why would he need the account number if he could just use his own with the winner's password? Therefore, I'm assuming that since Vesper had to enter the account number BEFORE the password when the banker comes to where James is recovering, that the account numbers were pre-determined before the tournament and would have to match the password entered right before the tournament in order for the money to be transferred to the winner. And knowing what happens at the end, we know that Vesper had to have transferred the money to some kind of holding account before she withdrew it to give to Gettler. So, here's my question:

If Vesper made the deal with Mr. White to save Bond when he enters to kill Le Chiffre after the torture scene, how would she have known to give a number for a holding account to begin with? Shouldn't it have been directly transferred to the treasury? Wouldn't that number have been supplied by M or the treasury if it was determined in advance of the tournament? Or was the money supposed to go to the holding account first all along...and to be transferred to the treasury sometime later?

Is it possible that Vesper knew she might need the money as a bargaining chip at some point? Or have I simply missed something?

[SFKLR]

MI6's original intent was to be incognito (Mr. Beach and Ms. Broadchest ), right? I'm guessing MI6 set up a third party holding account in some fake name so as not to arouse suspicions--even at the bank at which it was set up. Don't want to leave the treasury's own direct account number floating around Montenegro, right?


Wait, why was Vesper allegedly going to the bank in Venice? Did she say she was going to transfer the money to her employer? Or did she tell Bond she was going to get her own money. She told Bond she was going to the bank for something. Bond called the Swiss banker who was able to watch it being withdrawn. That's a little strange too if it wasn't his bank. Sigh. I need the DVD.

[bill007]

The accounts were already set up when the Swiss Banker (Mendell) asked for passwords at the casino. As Vesper was the treasurer, she could have simply chosen any bank she wanted to put the money in, irregardless of what HQ wanted her to do.

In Venice, Vesper told Bond she had to go to the bank to get more money to finance their journey. There just coincidentally was a branch of the bank she had placed the money in.

[wendy54]

"MI6's original intent was to be incognito (Mr. Beach and Ms. Broadchest ), right? I'm guessing MI6 set up a third party holding account in some fake name so as not to arouse suspicions--even at the bank at which it was set up. Don't want to leave the treasury's own direct account number floating around Montenegro, right?"

Good call SKFLR. That would absolutely make sense. Le Chiffre would have needed this account number and the password and then could have transferred the money to his account later. And Bill007 is right; she goes to the bank to get money for their trip. And I would assume that Bond thought that Vesper would have already taken care of transferring the money back to the treasury by this point, so he's not suspicious until her gets the phone call from M.