Stalin's health is poor due to old age but he blames the Doctors, so begins the Doctors Plot and the arrest of hundreds of doctors. In March 1953, after a heavy drinking Stalin suffers a stroke and dies a few days latter. The new Soviet leadership decide they want an end to the Korean War. There is a power struggle within the new Soviet leadership. The Communist and United Nations exchange sick and wounded prisoners of war. A biography of Beira the murderous head of the Soviet secret police.