Beam sent his men after Bond to kill him. Later in La Paz, Bond phoned Leiter at their front office, Incan Exports, and arranged a meeting. Leiter giving his information to James Bond When Felix lied to the men, Beam identified Bond and told Greene he would deal with him. Beam glanced at the photo of James Bond and passed it to Leiter, duplicitously asking him to identify it. He and Leiter travelled with the Quantum representatives to Austria and while discussing their business arrangements, Greene mentioned that he had a 'pest' he would like eliminated as part of the deal.
Beam indeed negotiated a deal with Quantum operative, Dominic Greene, to ignore his orchestrated coup in Bolivia in exchange for the oil, which the section chief assumed Greene had discovered incorrectly interpreting Greene's bulk purchase of water piping. Later, Leiter and Gregg Beam worked with General Medrano's regime to ensure America got the oil rights in Bolivia when Medrano became president by force. move your ass.' ― Felix Leiter to James Bond
