captain james bond is partnered with an israeli mossad agent, pete natkowitz, and two agents from the french secret service, henri rampart and stephanie adoré. they are assigned to work with bory stepakov and his assistant nina bibikova from the kgb to infiltrate the scales of justice posing as a tv crew so as to discover their real motive. accomplishing this, they learn that the group plans to sabotage "perestroika" and supply iraq with nuclear weapons before the united nations-led coalition invades.