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Question 17 · Sep 30 · Day 21

Claude on Question 17, Sep 30

What is James Bond's passport number as stated in the Fleming novels?

As far as I'm aware, Ian Fleming never gave James Bond a passport number in any of the novels or short stories. The question seems to rest on a detail that doesn't exist in the original texts.

Fleming did supply plenty of other identifying trivia — Bond's code number 007, his membership of the Royal Naval Reserve with the rank of Commander, his height and weight as given in the SMERSH dossier in From Russia, with Love, and the various cover identities he travels under (e.g., "Sir Hilary Bray" in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, or the assorted aliases the Service supplies him with elsewhere). But an actual passport number isn't among these details.

If you've seen a specific number quoted somewhere, it may come from one of the films, a continuation novel by a later author, or from fan-created reference material rather than from Fleming himself. If you can tell me where you encountered it, I can try to help pin down the source.

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As far as I'm aware, Ian Fleming never gave James Bond a passport number in any of the novels or short stories. The question seems to rest on a detail that doesn't exist in the original texts.
Fleming did supply plenty of other identifying trivia — Bond's code number 007, his membership of the Royal Naval Reserve with the rank of Commander, his height and weight as given in the SMERSH dossier in *From Russia, with Love*, and the various cover identities he travels under (e.g., "Sir Hilary Bray" in *On Her Majesty's Secret Service*, or the assorted aliases the Service supplies him with elsewhere). But an actual passport number isn't among these details.
If you've seen a specific number quoted somewhere, it may come from one of the films, a continuation novel by a later author, or from fan-created reference material rather than from Fleming himself. If you can tell me where you encountered it, I can try to help pin down the source.

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