Same as James, Alec was an orphan. But his parents 
didn't die in a climbing accident. They were Lienz 
Cossacks who, after the clod war, went to England 
hoping for sympathy. Instead, they were sent back to 
Stalin to be shot. But they were lucky and got away. 
Not being able to live with the shame of being traitors, 
they committed suicide. Alec was taken in by MI6 
when he was about six. They thought he wouldn't 
remember what happened to his parents. He did,
and betrayed MI6 and his best friend. When Bond
found Alec's new base, they got into a fight taking
them to the top of the giant satellite dish. Bond
managed to get Alec to fall from the satellite to the
ground. Then the satellite fell, too.