 I hereby tender my resignation with immediate effect.  Sincerely, James Bond". This is the third James Bond movie where  James Bond has resigned. The first was  _On Her Majestys Secret Service (1969)_ (qv) and the second was  _Licence to Kill (1989)_ (qv). In the latter, his license to kill  was revoked and in _Die Another Day (2002)_ (qv) he was temporarily  decommissioned.